The Resource Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West, William Cronon
Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West, William Cronon
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The item Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West, William Cronon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 530 pages, [30] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Cloud over Chicago
- Part I: To be the central city. Dreaming the Metropolis ; Rails and water
- Part II: Nature to market. Pricing the future: Grain ; The wealth of nature: Lumber ; Annihilating space: Meat
- Part III: The geography of capital. Gateway city ; The busy hive ; White City pilgrimage
- Epilogue: Where we were driving
- Appendix: Methodological note on the bankruptcy maps
- Isbn
- 9780393308730
- Label
- Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West
- Title
- Nature's metropolis
- Title remainder
- Chicago and the Great West
- Statement of responsibility
- William Cronon
- Subject
-
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Historical geography
- Chicago <Ill.>
- Chicago, EE. UU. -- Geografía histórica
- Chicago, Ill
- Geschichte
- Historical geography
- History
- Hombre -- Influencia sobre la naturaleza -- Chicago, EE. UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XIX
- Illinois -- Chicago
- 1800-1899
- Land
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Stadt
- Stadt
- Travel
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Land
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Awards note
-
- American Society for Environmental History George Perkins Marsh Prize, 1993.
- Bancroft Prize, 1992.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cronon, William
- Dewey number
- 977.3/11
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F548.4
- LC item number
- .C85 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- F548.4.C85
- NAL item number
- 1991
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Nature
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Hombre
- Chicago, EE. UU.
- Historical geography
- Nature
- Travel
- Illinois
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Stadt
- Land
- Chicago <Ill.>
- Geschichte
- Land
- Stadt
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Chicago, Ill
- Label
- Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West, William Cronon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Cloud over Chicago -- Part I: To be the central city. Dreaming the Metropolis ; Rails and water -- Part II: Nature to market. Pricing the future: Grain ; The wealth of nature: Lumber ; Annihilating space: Meat -- Part III: The geography of capital. Gateway city ; The busy hive ; White City pilgrimage -- Epilogue: Where we were driving -- Appendix: Methodological note on the bankruptcy maps
- Control code
- ocm21971815
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 530 pages, [30] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393308730
- Lccn
- 90040835
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o21971815
- (OCoLC)21971815
- Label
- Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West, William Cronon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Cloud over Chicago -- Part I: To be the central city. Dreaming the Metropolis ; Rails and water -- Part II: Nature to market. Pricing the future: Grain ; The wealth of nature: Lumber ; Annihilating space: Meat -- Part III: The geography of capital. Gateway city ; The busy hive ; White City pilgrimage -- Epilogue: Where we were driving -- Appendix: Methodological note on the bankruptcy maps
- Control code
- ocm21971815
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 530 pages, [30] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393308730
- Lccn
- 90040835
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o21971815
- (OCoLC)21971815
Subject
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Historical geography
- Chicago <Ill.>
- Chicago, EE. UU. -- Geografía histórica
- Chicago, Ill
- Geschichte
- Historical geography
- History
- Hombre -- Influencia sobre la naturaleza -- Chicago, EE. UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XIX
- Illinois -- Chicago
- 1800-1899
- Land
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Stadt
- Stadt
- Travel
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Land
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