Book Review: American Nations
Colin Woodard’s, American Nations, is one of the best books on American history I’ve ever read. It urges you to think of America less as Democrat vs. Republican, urban vs. rural, or liberal vs. conservative. Rather, America, he argues, is made up of eleven distinct nations, including “Yankeedom,” the “Deep South,” “New France,” and “El Norte.” Some stray thoughts… -It is amazing how the early cultural settlements have dictated how history has unfolded. NYC is what it is today
