Colin Woodard
2) American character: a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
308 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Description
"The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federalists, the Progressives, the New Dealers, the civil rights movement, and the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these two key strands in American...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 371 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Description
The author describes eleven rival regional "nations" in the United States (Yankeedom, New Netherland, the Midlands, Tidewater, Greater Appalachia, the Deep South, New France, El Norte, the Left Coast, the Far West, and First Nation), and how these deep roots continue to influence our politics today.