Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

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 Ameri…

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