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American Nations
- A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
An illuminating history of North America's 11 rival cultural regions that explodes the red state/blue state myth.
North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another ever since. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or assimilate into an "American" or "Canadian" culture, but rather into one of the 11 distinct regional ones that spread over the continent, each staking out mutually exclusive territory.
In American Nations, Colin Woodard leads us on a journey through the history of our 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.
Woodard reveals how intranational differences have played a pivotal role at every point in the continent's history, from the American Revolution and the Civil War to the tumultuous sixties and the "blue county/red county" maps of recent presidential elections. American Nations is a revolutionary and revelatory take on America's myriad identities and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and are molding our future.
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- Tobias Engberg
- 27-04-16
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This book is just fantastic....hard to express just how good it is...insightful, balanced, comprehensive and extremely informative. I have learned SO much about Northern America through this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-07-24
Very insightful and refreshing take on American history
Totally worth a listen. Drags slightly in the middle, i found the beginning when he defines the nations and goes into how they were established as well as the end where he talks about their modern implications the most interesting. The narrators voice is a bit monotone at points but over all I would recommend it.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-20
good book
It is a good and well argued book. However it ends taking an extreme left wing standpoint. So good book except for final chapter.
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