tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210801374268491851.post8195162133852043591..comments2023-06-27T10:29:18.615-04:00Comments on Nature and Culture: HinterlandJim Tantillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12520467623399679472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210801374268491851.post-7565241140300021452008-03-07T22:48:00.000-05:002008-03-07T22:48:00.000-05:00I had also been wondering about the term and I agr...I had also been wondering about the term and I agree that definition 4 makes the most sense for how he uses it. In addition to simply gaining or losing hinterland, doesn't he also say that the hinterland changes for different commodities? So if you were to examine the area where Chicago is connected with the logging industry it would be different than the area of Chicago's grain connections, etc. Does that have to do with 'hinterland' also?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195898670849000738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210801374268491851.post-55764673971501878092008-03-05T20:50:00.000-05:002008-03-05T20:50:00.000-05:00Good question Penelope. Cronon most often uses "h...Good question Penelope. Cronon most often uses "hinterland" in a sense that is closest to the 4th definition: "an inland area supplying goods, esp. trade goods, to a port." In using "hinterland," Cronon is refering to the surrounding rural areas that provide raw materials to Chicago. He argues that this geographical area shifts thoughout time; hence "loss of hinterland" refers to the phenonemon of the expanding West shifting to support new and expanding cities rather than Chicago. When I think about a "hinterland," I imagine a halo surrounding a city, encompassing all the areas where the residents/businesses retrieve their natural resources-- as transportation modes change (up to today's current globalized economy) this "halo" becomes less of a "halo" and more of a web (think of how a grocery market in NYC might get apples from New Zealand-- so New Zealand is the hinterlands for apple consumption in NYC)LJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908328753786113169noreply@blogger.com