 Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon
William Cronin's Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West is a classic work of environmental history. In it he examines the environmental history of 19th-century America.
"Magnificent... the best work of economic and business history I've ever read."—Paul Krugman 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.
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