02422nam 2200409 450 991079436140332120201225150252.00-8229-8772-4(CKB)4100000011389370(MiAaPQ)EBC6308743(EXLCZ)99410000001138937020201225d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCity of lake and prairie Chicago's environmental history /edited by Kathleen A. Brosnan, Ann Durkin Keating, and William C. BarnettPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :University of Pittsburgh Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (x, 406 pages) illustrationsHistory of the urban environment0-8229-4631-9 "Known as the Windy City and the Hog Butcher to the World, Chicago has earned a more apt sobriquet-City of Lake and Prairie-with this compelling, innovative, and deeply researched environmental history. Sitting at the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan, one of the largest freshwater bodies in the world, and on the eastern edge of the tallgrass prairies that fill much of the North American interior, early residents in the land that Chicago now occupies enjoyed natural advantages, economic opportunities, and global connections over centuries, from the Native Americans who first inhabited the region to the urban dwellers who built a metropolis in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As one millennium ended and a new one began, these same features sparked a distinctive Midwestern environmentalism aimed at preserving local ecosystems. Drawing on its contributors' interdisciplinary talents, this volume reveals a rich but often troubled landscape shaped by communities of color, workers, and activists as well as complex human relations with industry, waterways, animals, and disease"--Provided by publisher.History of the urban environment.Chicago (Ill.)Environmental conditionsHistory307.760977311Brosnan Kathleen A.1960-Keating Ann DurkinBarnett William C.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794361403321City of lake and prairie3727554UNINA