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Nature's metropolis by William Cronon, Cronon · Booklabria

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Nature's metropolis

HistoryHistoire

Nature's metropolis

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First published: 1991
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: History
Histoire
Travel
Description and travel
Historia
Geschichte
Set in: Chicago
Illinois
Time: 19th Century

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