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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...

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Main Author: Woodard, Colin, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2012.
Subjects:
Regionalism > North America > History.
Cultural pluralism > United States.
North America > Ethnic relations.
North America > Discovery and exploration.
North America > Race relations.
Indians of North America > First contact with Europeans.
Whites > North America > Relations with Indians.
Blacks > North America > Relations with Indians.
North American > Race relations.
Regionalism > History > North America.
Whites > Relations with Indians > North America.
Blacks > Relations with Indians > North America.
Blacks > Relations with Indians.
Cultural pluralism.
Discoveries in geography.
Ethnic relations.
Race relations.
Regionalism.
Whites > Relations with Indians.
North America.
United States.
Native Americans > First contact with Europeans > North America.
Native Americans > Wars > North America.
Native Americans > Government relations > North America.
North America > Exploration.
Discovery and exploration.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Acknowledgments and suggested reading
  • Notes
  • Index.