num_pages: 592
description: 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.Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
language: English
title: Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
titlecomplete: Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
genres: Environment, American, Economics, Nature, Urbanism, Cities, American History, Nonfiction, History, Urban Planning
ratings_count: 3212
places: Chicago, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: George Perkins Marsh Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company