American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America

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Book | Viking, New York : 2011.

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Branch	Call Number	Location	Holdable?	Status
Port Colborne	970.00497 WOO	Adult Non-fiction	Copy hold / Volume hold	Available

ISBN: 9780670022960
Physical Description: viii, 371 pages : maps ; 24 cm.print
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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