American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0067LZX80 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 447 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Luke T. Evans said First two-thirds are excellent and well-balanced, the last third sadly not so. I highly recommend this book, but I'm submitting a three-star review based on the book's very weak and undisciplined finish. I thought the first two-thirds of the book provided a well-documented and well-thought-out presentation of America's regional differences and the history behind those differences. It was. Decent thesis that plays out pretty well. Then the author gets lazy Erich Keithly Decent thesis that plays out pretty well. Then the author gets lazy, and we magically jump 100 years into the future. A lot happens in that jump and it's handled with broad brush strokes that somehow tries to illustrate how the south turned red and the north went blue in only 10 pages.The main problem is the a. David Olson said Immensely Educational Book for about Immensely Educational Book for about 3/Immensely Educational Book for about 3/4 of the Pages and Then Loses Its Way and Ends in Unbalanced Diatribe David Olson I agree with the reviews by those who say this started out as a really interesting book that was almost ruined in the last few chapters. The book was fascinating and taught me many things that I did not know at all about the history of immigration patterns and cultural diffusion in the U.S. It made a compellin. of the Pages and Then Loses Its Way and Ends in Unbalanced Diatribe I agree with the reviews by those who say this started out as a really interesting book that was almost ruined in the last few chapters. The book was fascinating and taught me many things that I did not know at all about the history of immigration patterns and cultural diffusion in the U.S. It made a compellin. /Immensely Educational Book for about 3/4 of the Pages and Then Loses Its Way and Ends in Unbalanced Diatribe David Olson I agree with the reviews by those who say this started out as a really interesting book that was almost ruined in the last few chapters. The book was fascinating and taught me many things that I did not know at all about the history of immigration patterns and cultural diffusion in the U.S. It made a compellin. of the Pages and Then Loses Its Way and Ends in Unbalanced Diatribe. I agree with the reviews by those who say this started out as a really interesting book that was almost ruined in the last few chapters. The book was fascinating and taught me many things that I did not know at all about the history of immigration patterns and cultural diffusion in the U.S. It made a compellin
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. 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.. 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. 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. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or assimilate into an "American" or "Canadian" culture, but rather into one of the 11 distinct region