American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America / Colin Woodard.
Woodard, Colin, 1968-
2011
E98.F39 W66 2011 (Mapit)
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Title American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America / Colin Woodard.
Author Woodard, Colin, 1968-
ISBN 9780670022960
0670022969
Publication Details New York : Viking, 2011.
Language English
Description viii, 371 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number E98.F39 W66 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 970.004/97
Summary The author describes eleven rival regional "nations" in the United States (Yankeedom, New Netherland, the Midlands, Tidewater, Greater Appalachia, the Deep South, New France, El Norte, the Left Coast, the Far West, and First Nation), and how these deep roots continue to influence our politics today.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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