American Nations: The Eleven Rival Regions of North America
Colin Woodard
Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Colin Woodard is an award-winning journalist and author of American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, a history of North America that explodes the red state-blue state myth and explains away partisanship with the claim that our culture wars are inevitable. North America was settled by groups with distinct political and religious values - and we haven't had a moment's peace since. His other books include The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier; Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas; and The Republic of Pirates, the basis of the NBC series "Crossbones." Woodard is the State & National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. National Affairs Series: When American Values Are in ConflictCosponsored By:
- Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication
- National Affairs
- Political Science
- Technology, Globalization & Culture Series
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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