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Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
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21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology
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ISBN10: 0593833406
ISBN13: 9780593833407
Publisher: Viking
Published: Nov 4 2025
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780593833407
Publisher: Viking
Published: Nov 4 2025
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard's] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them. --Garry Kasparov A powerful paradigm for understanding the defining hot button issues of contemporary America and the action we can take to bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic. --The Next Big Idea Club A lucid exercise in political geography with tremendous--and disturbing--explanatory power. --Kirkus Reviews The bestselling author of American Nations reveals how centuries-old regional differences have brought American democracy to the brink of collapse and presents a powerful story that can bridge our cultural divisions and save the republic Our democracy has been purposefully dismantled, first in the states and now at the federal level. With groundbreaking original data and historical insights, Nations Apart is an essential guide to understanding why Americans are so divided on many hot button issues, creating geographic fissures that have been exploited by authoritarians. Colin Woodard shows how colonial era settlement patterns and the cultural geography they left behind are at the root of our political polarization, economic inequality, public health crises, and democratic collapse. Drawing on quantitative research from Woodard's university-based think tank project, Nations Apart exposes the true ideological and cultural divides behind today's struggles over: * Gun control
* Immigration
* Health policy
* Abortion
* Climate Change
* History
* Authoritarianism and Democracy But there is a road map to right the country: a carefully researched, vigorously tested common story for the country built on the mission set forth for us in the document that first bound our regions together, the Declaration of Independence. Combining compelling storytelling with scholarly vigor, Nations Apart offers a blueprint for bridging the rifts that divide us and ensuring the American dream of democratic self-government will reach its 300th birthday.
* Health policy
* Abortion
* Climate Change
* History
* Authoritarianism and Democracy But there is a road map to right the country: a carefully researched, vigorously tested common story for the country built on the mission set forth for us in the document that first bound our regions together, the Declaration of Independence. Combining compelling storytelling with scholarly vigor, Nations Apart offers a blueprint for bridging the rifts that divide us and ensuring the American dream of democratic self-government will reach its 300th birthday.
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