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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433882335 Title: Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West Author: William Cronon Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1997, ©1991. ISBN/ISSN: 0393308731 9780393308730 OCLC:433882335

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Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West

Author:	William Cronon
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton, 1997, ©1991.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st pbk. [ed.]View all editions and formats
Summary:	A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city...Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, Read more...
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Subjects	Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. Chicago (Ill.) -- Historical geography. Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	William Cronon Find more information about:
ISBN:	0393308731 9780393308730
OCLC Number:	433882335
Awards:	Winner of Bancroft Prize 1992 Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize 1992
Description:	xxiii, 530 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Responsibility:	William Cronon.

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