Chicago’s development as key to modern capitalism
Review of Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West By William Cronon
Chicago, we learn from this book, is a product and driver of early modern capitalism – it transformed lives, the landscape and the elite’s power equation, promoting both efficiency and corruption as well as grassroots entrepreneurship that necessitated a significant increase in the role of the state. Cronon covers Chicago’s rise from a primitive booster…
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