Nature's Metropolis : Chicago and the Great West
Frederick Jackson Turner & Vilas Research Prof of History Geography & Enviro Studies William Cronon
W. W. Norton & Company
9780393308730
0-393-30873-1
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.
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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.Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
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