| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Metropoli e natura sulle frontiere americane: Dalle non-città indiane alla città di Thoreau, dalle metropoli industriali alla città ecologica (Metropolis and nature on the American frontier: From Indian non-cities to Thoreau's city, from industrial metropolises to the ecological city). Ed. by Marco Sioli. (Milan: FrancoAngeli, 2003. 351 pp. Paper, €22.00, ISBN 88-464-4732-8.) In Italian.

This collection of essays edited by Marco Sioli of the University of Milan gathers together a wide range of contributions loosely addressing the theme of cities and nature in American history. The volume contains sixteen separate essays plus an introduction and brief conclusion by Sioli, making a comprehensive review impossible. The essays also cover an astonishing array of topics, from the Iroquois "non-city" of Shamokin to environmental racism in contemporary New York City. There is even a speculative essay on the future of American urban planning by the renowned architect Paolo Soleri. Other authors include the Italian journalist and essayist Cosimo Croce, whose essay looks at lacunae in the historical memory of place in San Antonio, Texas, and the journalist Fabrizio Tonello, who in a few short pages connects Pierre-Charles L'Enfant's plan for the capital with the Oklahoma City bombing.

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