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Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West by Cronon, William is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><b>Awarded the 1992 Bancroft Prize and the</b> Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1991.</p> <p>In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a new window onto our national past. This is the story of city and country becoming ever more tightly bound in a system so powerful that it reshaped the American landscape and transformed American culture. The world that emerged is our own.</p> <p>In this groundbreaking work, a Yale University professor of history gives an environmental perspective on the history of 19th-century America. "No one has written about Chicago with more power, clarity, and intelligence than Cronon. Indeed, no one has ever written a better book about a city."--Boston Globe. Photographs and maps. </p>

Who reads Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West?

Author

Cronon, William

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393308730

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel

Rating

4.19 / 5 (15 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14