{"product_id":"9781101544457","title":"American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America","description":"\u003cb\u003e An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural  regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth.\u003c\/b\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 (author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good\u003c\/i\u003e)  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 and revelatory take on America's myriad identities  and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and are molding  our future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133322313968,"sku":"9781101544457","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101544457_p0.jpg?v=1763688179","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101544457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}