What role did the expanding market for commodities produced in the West — such as wheat, corn, buffalo hides, hogs and steer – play in this process?

In Nature’s Metropolis, William Cronon tries to explain how the explosive growth of the city of Chicago and the transformation of the American West in the middle decades of the 19th century were interrelated. What role did the expanding market for commodities produced in the West — such as wheat, corn, buffalo hides, hogs and steer – play in this process? How and why did Chicago, rather than other regional cities – such as St. Louis and Cincinnati – become the most important center for trade in these commodities?

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