Why read Nations Apart?

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"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…

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1 author picked Nations Apart as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jack Lule

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Like many people, I have been regularly struck by the electoral map of the United States that shows the nation clearly divided into well-defined blocks (blocs) of blue and red. How did we get this way?

I like how the book clearly makes sense of the cultural clashes that have led to the division: guns, abortion, sexuality, climate, race, and more. Unfortunately, as I did with my own book, I came away pessimistic about whether the nation can change.

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