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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
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I love Chicago because it's not New York. New York has been fully postmodernized, but Chicago still is a city of sausage factories and scrap yards. Its industrial heart still beats strong.
Cronon links the history of the city to its hinterland, and the way they are inextricably the same thing. We see the city as an assemblage of its commodities (wood, meat, and grain) and this is a pretty unique perspective. If you're at all interested in history or the environment, it's a great read. That goes double for you Midwesterners.
Cronon links the history of the city to its hinterland, and the way they are inextricably the same thing. We see the city as an assemblage of its commodities (wood, meat, and grain) and this is a pretty unique perspective. If you're at all interested in history or the environment, it's a great read. That goes double for you Midwesterners.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
July 1, 2011
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Finished Reading
July 10, 2011
– Shelved
July 17, 2011
– Shelved as:
history
May 31, 2013
– Shelved as:
environmental-history
