City of lake and prairie : Chicago's environmental history / edited by Kathleen A. Brosnan, Ann Durkin Keating, and William C. Barnett.

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"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 wor...

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Other Authors:	Brosnan, Kathleen A., 1960- (Editor) Keating, Ann Durkin (Editor) Barnett, William C. (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]
Series:	History of the urban environment.
Subjects:	Chicago (Ill.) > Environmental conditions > History. Urban ecology (Sociology) > Illinois > Chicago. Ecology. Urban ecology (Sociology) Illinois > Chicago. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	x, 406 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

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