Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

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.

Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize

Author: William Cronon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/17/1992
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.08w x 1.56d
ISBN: 9780393308730
Revised Edition