TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woodard,Colin
TI  - American nations: a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America 
SN  - 0143122029 :
AV  - E98.F39 W66 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - North American
KW  - Regionalism
KW  - North America
KW  - History
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - United States
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - First contact with Europeans
KW  - Whites
KW  - Relations with Indians
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Discovery and exploration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-353) and index; Part 1. Origins: 1590 to 1769. Founding El Norte -- Founding New France -- Founding Tidewater -- Founding Yankeedom -- Founding New Netherland -- The colonies' first revolt -- Founding the deep south -- Founding the midlands -- Founding greater Appalachia -- Part 2. Unlikely allies: 1770 to 1815. A common struggle -- Six wars of liberation -- Independence or revolution? -- Nations in the north -- First secessionists -- Part 3. Wars for the west: 1816 to 1877. Yankeedom spreads west -- The midlands spread west -- Appalachia spreads west -- The deep south spreads west -- Conquering El Norte -- Founding the left coast -- War for the west -- Part 4. Culture wars: 1878 to 2010. Founding the far west -- Immigration and identity -- Gods and missions -- Culture clash -- War, empire, and the military -- The struggle for power I: the blue nations -- The struggle for power II: the red and the purple -- Epilogue
ER  -