American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America
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According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory... Full description
- 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.