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American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America / Colin Woodard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodard, Colin, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North American.
- Regionalism--North America--History.
- Regionalism.
- Cultural pluralism--United States.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Black people.
- Relations with Indians.
- White people.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Race relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- History.
- United States.
- North America--Ethnic relations.
- North America.
- North American--Race relations.
- North America--Discovery and exploration.
- Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.
- Indians of North America.
- White people--North America--Relations with Indians.
- Black people--North America--Relations with Indians.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 371 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2011.
- Summary:
- Woodard leads readers on a journey through the history of this fractured continent, and the rivalries and alliances between its component nations, which conform to neither state nor international boundaries. He illustrates and explains why "American" values vary sharply from one region to another. 320 pp. 25,000 print.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Origins: 1590 to 1769. Founding El Norte
- Founding New France
- Founding Tidewater
- Founding Yankeedom
- Founding New Netherland
- The colonies' first revolt
- Founding the deep south
- Founding the midlands
- Founding greater Appalachia
- Part 2. Unlikely allies: 1770 to 1815. A common struggle
- Six wars of liberation
- Independence or revolution?
- Nations in the north
- First secessionists
- Part 3. Wars for the west: 1816 to 1877. Yankeedom spreads west
- The midlands spread west
- Appalachia spreads west
- The deep south spreads west
- Conquering El Norte
- Founding the left coast
- War for the west
- Part 4. Culture wars: 1878 to 2010. Founding the far west
- Immigration and identity
- Gods and missions
- Culture clash
- War, empire, and the military
- The struggle for power I: the blue nations
- The struggle for power II: the red and the purple
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780670022960
- 0670022969
- OCLC:
- 707969120
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