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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

Author	Colin Woodard
Language	English
Genre	History
Publisher	Penguin Books
Publication date	2011
Publication place	United States
Pages	384
ISBN	978-0143122029
OCLC	62281901

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America is a book by journalist Colin Woodard, published by Penguin Books in 2011. It suggests that, far from being a unified nation originated from common beginnings, the United States emerged from 11 distinct “nations,” each defined by their own histories, cultures, and sets of common assumptions about government and life. The book was well received and won a number of awards including being named one of the best books of 2011 by The New Republic.

Critical Reception

The book received universal acclaim as a comprehensive and career capping effort on the part of the author and the subject manner. Pulitzer Prize winning author, Eric Foner, called Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, “one of the finest one-volume histories of the rise and fall of modern slavery."

External links

• Homepage of Colin Woodard, "
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• Fox, Richard Wightman. "David Brion Davis: A Biographical Appreciation," in Karen Halttunen and Lewis Perry, eds. Moral Problems in American Life: New Perspectives on Cultural History (Cornell U.P. 1999) pp 331–40
• Goodman, Bonnie K. "History Doyens: David Brion Davis" HistoryMusings" (May 28, 2006)

Category:2006 books Category:History books about the United States Category:American slavery Category:Non-fiction books about slavery Category:History of slavery in the United States Category:Oxford University Press books