Book Review: American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
This is mainly the story of the deeply ethnic and amazingly persistent roots of the various waves of immigration and settlement across N.America. Most of these threads are still alive and well today, despite centuries of evolution and some very large events such as the Civil War along the way. In addition to all the bits of interesting knowledge gained from any good history book, there is also here much useful context for certain patterns in recent events in N.America.
The author's very strong Yankee bias comes out later in the book, and that is the only place where my progress bogged down. Outside of that short section, this is a history book that does not want to be set aside.
There is also some comfort to be found here, as apparently indigenous cultures are really not easily dislodged even by massive immigration.
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