American nations: a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America

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.

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.