Nature's Metropolis
Follow the grain, lumber, meat, railroads, and credit that tied nineteenth century Chicago to the lands supplying it, and see how city and countryside remade one another.
10 parts, about 39 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- William Cronon
- Parts
- 10 parts
- Reading time
- about 39 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Cloud over Chicago3 min
- Dreaming the Metropolis4 min
- Rails and Water4 min
- Pricing the Future: Grain5 min
- The Wealth of Nature: Lumber5 min
- Annihilating Space: Meat6 min
- Gateway City3 min
- The Busy Hive3 min
- White City Pilgrimage3 min
- Epilogue: Where We Were Driving3 min
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