{"product_id":"2940170347056","title":"American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating history of North America's  eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state  myth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth 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. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or  assimilate into an \"American\" or \"Canadian\" culture, but  rather into one of the eleven distinct regional ones that spread over the continent  each staking out mutually exclusive territory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. He illustrates and explains why \"American\" values vary  sharply from one region to another. 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.  \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nations\u003c\/i\u003e is a revolutionary take on America's myriad  identities and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and are  molding our future.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ©2011 Colin Woodward (P)2011 Gildan Media Corp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098364330224,"sku":"2940170347056","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170347056_p0.jpg?v=1763708463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170347056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}