Colin Woodard
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The author of American Nations returns to the historical study of a fractured America by examining how a myth of national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth century--a myth that continues to affect us today. Union tells the story of how the myth of our national origins, identity, and purpose was intentionally created in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A small group of individuals--historians, political leaders, and...
4) American character: a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Explores the ongoing debates throughout the history of the United States between the fight for individual rights and the community as a whole, from discussions that took place at the Constitutional Convention, through the Civil War, and up to the modern Tea Party.