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Chicago’s development as key to modern capitalism

Chicago’s development as key to modern capitalism

Review of Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West By William Cronon

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Rob Crawford
May 14, 2023
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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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