American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin WoodardMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
While reading this I struck up a conversation with someone who has lived in different parts of the country and she agreed with the premise of the book. I have only lived in what he calls "The Left Coast" but even I can see the theory he's putting forth.
He's not trying to generalize people, he's generalizing locations. Each nation has its own "feel", for lack of a better term. Somebody growing up in Yankeedom may feel more at home in Tidewater.
When I'm watching a documentary on Netflix I will turn it off if its not interesting enough. With nonfiction books however, I took the time to pick out the book or even bought it so I'm not going to put it down so easy. If this was a documentary I would have stopped watching somewhere around the 10-20 minute mark, but I'm glad I pushed through it.
All in all its a great read about why our country can't seem to get it together and agree on something.
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