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Nature's Metropolis

William Cronon

  • 530 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 1991
  • 5 editions
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1 About this book

Argues that the American frontier and city developed together by focusing on Chicago and tracing its roots from Native American habitation to its transformation by white settlement and development.

Good for readers who want: history, nature, travel writing, and a long read.

  • Historical geography
  • History
  • Nature
  • Influence on nature
  • Description and travel
  • Effect of human beings on
  • Man
  • Human beings

2 About William Cronon

Born 1954

William Cronon (born September 11, 1954) is an American environmental historian. He is Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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