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8 billion year history of life forms changing the world around them

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This book provides a compass for a more meaningful

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Nature's Metropolis pre ATLAS-ROAD ATLASES 8 billion year history ofIn 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