The Great Metropolis of Nature: Chicago and the Great West

Name: The Great Metropolis of Nature: Chicago and the Great West
Author: William Cronon

自然的大都市：芝加哥与大西部

by William Cronon (威廉·克罗农)

Status: Completed
Length: 714k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 2y ago
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This book is an environmental, social, and commercial history of nineteenth-century Chicago and the American West. Taking a fresh approach, the author treats the city and the frontier as intersecting worlds, examining the relationship between Chicago and the wider West from 1848 to 1893. The book traces the routes connecting the urban marketplace to the natural systems that supplied it, systematically recording the changes that took place over time.

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