Tuesday, January 31, 2012

American Nations: a History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America / Colin Woodard / 371 p.

Loved this analysis, which presents aspects of American History in a fresh light. Yet another historical work in which Woodrow Wilson is lambasted. I'm definitely going to have to investigate that further.

If I have to list an objection, it would be to say that the analysis is incomplete without taking into account what I see as the current great division in our culture: sub/urban vs. rural. Pull off the expressway in the middle of nowhere and go to McDonald's. Just doesn't feel like home.

So apparently I'm a Borderlander/Appalachian. What are you?

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