Nature's metropolis

Description:

Argues that the American frontier and city developed together by focusing on Chicago and tracing its roots from Native American habitation to its transformation by white settlement and development.

subjects: Description and travel,  Effect of human beings on,  Historical geography,  History,  Nature,  Géographie historique,  Descriptions et voyages,  Stadt,  Histoire,  Influence sur la nature,  Land,  Homme,  Wirtschaftsentwicklung,  Influence on nature,  Man,  Human beings,  Travel,  Geografía histórica,  Historia,  Influencia sobre la naturaleza,  Geschichte,  Hombre,  Chicago (ill.), history,  Chicago (ill.), description and travel,  Chicago board of trade.,  Nature--effect of human beings on--history,  Nature--effect of human beings on--illinois--chicago--history--19th century,  F548.4 .c85 1991,  977.3/11,  Chicago Board of Trade

Places: Chicago,  Chicago (Ill.),  Illinois

Times: 19th century