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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West.
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1992
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Historical GeographyGrain EmporiumsEconomic HistorySocial SciencesUrban SocietyUrban HistoryUrban ProcessUrban GreeningGreat WestUrban Theory19Th-century AmericaGeographyEnvironmental HistoryUrban EcologyUrban PlanningAmerican Frontier StudyUrban GeographyUrban EconomicsBusinessAnthropologyUrban Life
An American frontier study, focusing on the fastest growing city of 19th-century America - Chicago. It shows the land as it was when inhabited by Indians and a few white settlers, and the frenzy of development of the meat-packing industry, the grain emporiums and the lumber markets which followed.