Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West, Paperback - William Cronon

In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ec...

Before the publication of Nature's Metropolis in 1991, historians generally treated urban and rural areas as distinct from one another, each follow...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William CrononForeword by: John DemosAfterword by: William CrononThe book that launched environmental history now updated. ...

The problem is that we haven't learned to live responsibly in nature. The environmentalist aim of legislating humans out of the wilderness is no so...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor William N. WestNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 24C...

Ground-breaking when first published in 1945, Black Metropolis remains a landmark study of race and urban life. Few studies since have been able to...

DescriptionWorld-renowned 'tell it like it is' guidebookDiscover the Great West Way with this comprehensive, entertaining, 'tell it like it is' Rou...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor William N. WestNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 237 x 25C...

A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the 'Litt...

Reducere. This book features one of the author's favorite birds, The Great Blue Heron. He hopes you enjoy this intimate look into the life of a truly magnifi...

DescriptionIn August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, ...

``Here is a book to nourish the spirit. The Songs of Trees is a powerful argument against the ways in which humankind has severed the very biologic...

Filled with full-color photography, instructive commissioned maps, and advice from regional travel experts, Backroads of the Great American West is...

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A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the q...

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Reducere. An important figure in early American science and letters, William Bartram (1739-1823) has been known almost exclusively for his classic book, Trav...

Reducere. When renowned British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane was asked what could be inferred about God from a study of his works, Haldane replied, "An inordi...

Reducere. Anthony C. Yu's celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speak...

A riveting look at the polarizing nature of the Beatles phenomenon, and how it transformed a generation, through the lens of a singular city in the...

Reducere. From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. 'Brilliant...enchanting' ...

Contributor(s): Editor: Chiara CavalieriEditor: Paola ViganoWe usually think of cities as dense and vertical--but in reality most cities extend vas...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Heather HansmanIllustration(s): 1 halftoneNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. From deserts to ghost towns, from national forests to California bungalows, many of the features of the western American landscape are well known t...

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DescriptionJohnstone Country. Where others fear to tread. With his bestselling Smoke Jensen series, William W. Johnston has created a hero whose mo...

It may be surprising to us now, but the taxidermists who filled the museums, zoos, and aquaria of the twentieth century were also among the first t...

Marion Dean and Marion Pennington share their adventures in discovering one of nature's best-kept secrets - the truffle. The book educates about tr...

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