Nature's Metropolis: Chicago And The Great West (The Macat Libra

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago And The Great West (The Macat Libra

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An Analysis of William Cronon's Nature's MetropolisChicago and the Great West\nAuthor(s): Cheryl Hudson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Macat International Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Macat International Limited\nISBN-13: 9781912128921, 978-1912128921\nSynopsis\nWhat caused the rise of Chicago, and how did the city's expansion fuel the westward movement of the American frontier and influence the type of society that evolved as a result? \n\nNature's Metropolis emerged as a result of William Cronon asking and answering those questions, and the work can usefully be seen as an extended example of the critical thinking skill of problem-solving in action. Cronon navigates a path between the followers of Frederick Jackson Turner, author of the thesis that American character was shaped by the experience of the frontier, and revisionists who sought to suggest that the rugged individualism Turner depicted as a creation of life in the West was little but a fiction. For Cronon, the most p.

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