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Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West
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Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West

Author: William Cronon
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©1991.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William Cronon
ISBN: 0393029212 9780393029215
OCLC Number: 21971815
Awards: American Society for Environmental History George Perkins Marsh Prize, 1993.
Description: xxiii, 530 p., [30] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Prologue: Cloud over Chicago --
Part I: To be the central city. Dreaming the Metropolis ; Rails and water --
Part II: Nature to market. Pricing the future: Grain ; The wealth of nature: Lumber ; Annihilating space: Meat --
Part III: The geography of capital. Gateway city ; The busy hive ; White City pilgrimage --
Epilogue: Where we were driving --
Appendix: Methodological note on the bankruptcy maps.
Responsibility: William Cronon.

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