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Title American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America / Colin Woodard.
Author Woodard, Colin, 1968-
Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2011.
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1 hold on first copy returned of 3 copies
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 Alafaya  970.00497 WOO    Checked Out
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Description viii, 371 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 spreadwest -- 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.
Summary A history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions challenges popular perceptions about the red state-blue state conflict, tracing lingering tensions stemming from disparate intranational values that have shaped every major event in history.
Subject Regionalism -- North America -- History.
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
North America -- Ethnic relations.
North America -- Race relations.
North America -- Discovery and exploration.
Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans.
Whites -- North America -- Relations with Indians.
Blacks -- North America -- Relations with Indians.
ISBN 0670022969 : $30.00
9780670022960
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