Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West / William Cronon.
"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"--Cover page 4.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393308731
- ISBN: 9780393308730
- ISBN: 0393029212
- ISBN: 9780393029215
- Physical Description: xxv, 530 pages, [30] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1992, 1991.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published as hbk.: ©1991.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-503) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. Dreaming the metropolis -- 2. Rails and water -- 3. Pricing the future: grain -- 4. The wealth of nature: lumber -- 5. Annihilating space: meat -- 6. Gateway city -- 7. The busy hive -- 8. White city pilgrimage.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | F 548.4 .C76 1991 | 288554 | Stacks | Available | - |