TY - BOOK AU - Woodard,Colin TI - American nations: a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America SN - 9780670022960 AV - E 98.F39 W66.2012 PY - 2012///, 2011 CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Regionalism KW - North America KW - History KW - Regionalismo KW - América del Norte KW - Historia KW - Cultural pluralism KW - United States KW - Pluralismo cultural KW - Estados Unidos KW - Indians of North America KW - First contact with Europeans KW - Indios de América del Norte KW - Primer contacto con Europeos KW - Whites KW - Relations with Indians KW - Blancos KW - Relaciones con indios KW - Blacks KW - Negros KW - Race relations KW - Relaciones raciales KW - Ethnic relations KW - Relaciones étnicas KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Descubrimiento y exploración N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; 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 ER -