Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West
William Cronon (Author)
"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"--Page 4 of cover
Print Book, English, 1992
W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1992