Monday, November 12, 2012

The 2012 U.S. Election and the American Nations

If you've been on the edge of your seat, wondering if the U.S. election would play out as suggested by the regional map put forth in American Nations, the waiting is over. It did, almost to a T, and no surprise given that the general election became an explicit choice between those two touchstones of American regional conflict, individual liberty against communal freedom.

I hold forth on this in this OpEd piece today at Bloomberg View, which just over a year ago published a five part series of excerpts adapted from the book. (It's worth a click just to enjoy the illustration, which features a fight between a cartoon-like Puritan and Appalachian frontiersman.)

Enjoy and, as always, let me know what you think.

[Update, 20:17: The Minneapolis Star-Tribune picked up this OpEd, with a fun cartoon of their own.]
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2 comments:

  1. JJNovember 12, 2012 at 1:46 PM

    What's missing in that picture is the Ohio river. (Right now reading Stanley Harrold's book Border War: http://www.amazon.com/Border-War-Fighting-Slavery-America/dp/0807834319/ )

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  2. RickNovember 17, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    Just finished American Nations and found it an illuminating lens for viewing the sweep of North American history.

    Rick T, a proud Midlander :)

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