Commentary on William Cronon’s Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
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Announcements:
(1) Writing assignment 2 due today
(2) Extra handouts available from Friday's class
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I. Commentary on Cronon’s Nature’s Metropolis
Overview of the book
Pay attention to the Prologue and Epilogue
II. Prologue: Cloud over Chicago
III. Part 1: To Be the Central City
Chapter 1 Dreaming the Metropolis
Chapter 2 Rails and Water
IV. Part 2: Nature to Market
Chapter 3 Pricing the Future: Grain
Chapter 4 The Wealth of Nature: Lumber
Chapter 5 Annihilating Space: Meat
V. Part 3: The Geography of Capital
Chapter 6 Gateway City
Chapter 7 The Busy Hive
Chapter 8 White City Pilgrimmage
VI. Epilogue: Where We Were Driving