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I found Cronon’s idea that you can’t only view the creation of the industrial city as the only unnatural thing with the expansion of capitalism. The city would not have gone up if it were not for the manipulation of the resources in the surrounding more rural areas. The expansion of the market economy especially could not exist without the product from the farms whether it be produce, wheat, cattle, etc.. It all ties in together to make the big city a possibility. While she remembers despising the smoke stakes from the factories as her family drew near Chicago not until later did she consider that the country contributes to that problem as much as the city. The land that her family and others farm to make a profit was used for individual survival rather than something to make profit from. I think slee72897 had an interesting quote regarding historiography that I though really captured the thinking of the author, “historiography helps to challenge historians to look at things from different angles”. I think Cronon later realize that the city is not the only thing that changed but that the country she loved some much was just as responsible for change when she took a different or deeper look into it. I found the idea that the city began back as early as the Indians signed away their land to be an interesting point.(Cronon, 25) This event marks the point when they no longer used the land for themselves but to turn a profit off what the land had to offer. I also feel it is important to point out that the rise of these big cities tends to be related to some type of port or large body of water as a vital part of the equation. Transportation, trade, etc. were instrumental in the rise of industrialism as well.