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BL
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582995
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b412214
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| Main Entry
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Cronon, William
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| Title & Author
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Nature's metropolis : : Chicago and the Great West /\ William Cronon
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: W.W. Norton,, 1992
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xxv, 530 p., [30] p. of plates :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0393308731
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: 9780393308730
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: 0393029212
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: 9780393029215
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| Notes
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Originally published as hbk.: c1991
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-503) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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"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, p. 4
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| Subject
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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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| LC Classification
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F548.4.C85 1992
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| Parallel Title
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Chicago and the Great West
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