While looking up Christaller and Von Thunen's theories (upon which Cronon relies heavily in his book Nature's Metropolis), I came across this critique by Brian Page and Richard Walker, entitled "Nature's Metropolis: The Ghost Dance of Christaller and Von Thunen." The paper asserts that these views are outdated and limiting, and that Cronon underestimates the effects of agents such as "conquest, industrial production, agriculture and capital accumulation" in his exploration of geographic expansion.
Here is the link:
http://oldweb.geog.berkeley.edu/PeopleHistory/faculty/R_Walker/Walker_53.pdf
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
Nature's Metropolis Printing Error
I noticed a strange problem with my copy of Nature's Metropolis, which I bought used from the Cornell Store. What should be pages 279-328 has been replaced by a second copy of pages 215-278. As a result, I'm missing most of chapters 6 and 7. Does anybody else have this problem?
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