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Nature's Metropolis pre ATLAS-ROAD ATLASES This is the book toIn 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