| Description |
xxv, 530 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published as hbk.: c1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-503) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Historical geography.
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| Added Title |
Chicago and the Great West. |
| ISBN |
9780393308730 (paperback) |
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0393308731 (paperback) |
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