William Cronon’s Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West was essentially “environmental” and “economic” history that occurred in Chicago as well lands (Ohio River/Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean) that interacted with Chicago during the 19th century. Cronon voiced that the history that he was discussing was not be labeled as the history of how Chicago came to be, instead he implied that the history that he discussed should be labeled as a history that shows the interdependent relationship between Chicago and the country. Cronon stated what nature was and how there were two types of natures, first nature, and second nature; first nature being “prehuman” and second nature was cities that were built on the first nature. Cronon stressed
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In addition, Cronon’s notions made sense because he introduced them during the preface and prologue, talked about in-depth in chapter 5, and reinforced them in the epilogue. When Cronon stated that he was going to be discussing the interdependence between Chicago and the rest of the country in the preface, he did in chapter 5 when he mentioned how meat was packed in Chicago would be shipped around the country. When defining nature in the preface and prologue, Cronon voiced that Chicago was a second nature place, he reinforced this notion when he mentioned how a tourist from New Zealand was unfazed by “the geysers at Rotorua” and was more attentive to the stockyards in Chicago. After Chicago’s second nature form was described in chapter 5, Cronon mentioned his notion of how animals lived and died in Chicago, he said that factories were being built on the outskirts of Chicago leaving small amounts of grass for pigs to eat and how old warehouses were being abandoned for newer ones that refrigerated the meat. Then Cronon followed up with the notion that companies were making money out of meatpacking and slaughtering by entailing how Chicago pig meat packers overtook Cincinnati pig meat packers, mentioning the “growing oligopoly” of the “Big Four”, and how farmers depend on Chicago. Therefore, Cronon’s notions were logical because they were introduced in the preface and prologue, reinforced in chapter 5, and restated in the
In addition, Cronon’s notions made sense because he introduced them during the preface and prologue, talked about in-depth in chapter 5, and reinforced them in the epilogue. When Cronon stated that he was going to be discussing the interdependence between Chicago and the rest of the country in the preface, he did in chapter 5 when he mentioned how meat was packed in Chicago would be shipped around the country. When defining nature in the preface and prologue, Cronon voiced that Chicago was a second nature place, he reinforced this notion when he mentioned how a tourist from New Zealand was unfazed by “the geysers at Rotorua” and was more attentive to the stockyards in Chicago. After Chicago’s second nature form was described in chapter 5, Cronon mentioned his notion of how animals lived and died in Chicago, he said that factories were being built on the outskirts of Chicago leaving small amounts of grass for pigs to eat and how old warehouses were being abandoned for newer ones that refrigerated the meat. Then Cronon followed up with the notion that companies were making money out of meatpacking and slaughtering by entailing how Chicago pig meat packers overtook Cincinnati pig meat packers, mentioning the “growing oligopoly” of the “Big Four”, and how farmers depend on Chicago. Therefore, Cronon’s notions were logical because they were introduced in the preface and prologue, reinforced in chapter 5, and restated in the