- Race relations, Blacks, Government relations, First contact with Europeans
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.
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- Author
- Colin Woodard
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 371
- Publisher
- Viking
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670022960
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