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[Nature's metropolis [videorecording] : Chicago and the great West
Cronon, William.

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Personal author:: Cronon, William.
Title:: [Nature's metropolis [videorecording] : Chicago and the great West / William J. Cronon].
Publication info:: 1992.
Physical descrip:: 1 videocassette (59 min., 40 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Series title:: (Provost's lecture series ; 1992-93)
Series title:: (Perspectives on the environment)
Series:: (Third annual Dorothy J. and Richard W. Burkhardt lecture)
General note:: Title from Provost's lecture series pamphlet.
Date/place captured:: Recorded at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. on Nov. 12, 1992.
Summary:: William J. Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the blending of three ecosystem commodities with the urban economy and the ensuing ecological and urban transformations. Focuses on Chicago's role in this ecological/economic cycle, and asserts that the roots of environmental problems and disagreements stem from the dependence and alienation perspectives produced by this cycle.
Technical details:: VHS-Standard play.
Subject:: Biotic communities--Middle West.
Subject:: Environmental economics.
Subject:: Ecology--Economic aspects.
Geographic term:: Chicago (Ill.)--History.
Genre/Form:: Nonfiction films.
Corporate author:: Ball State University.
Added title:: Chicago and the great West.
Series:: Dorothy J. and Richard W. Burkhardt lecture ; 3rd.
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	Copy	Material	Location
UAV 651	1	Archives and Special Collections Non-Print Item	Archives & Special Collections, Bracken 2 West itemType=ARCV_MEDIA&ccLocale=ARCHIVES

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