The Nine Nations of North America

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Avon, 1982 - Caribbean Area - 427 pages
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This provocative book regroups the areas of North America into divisions according to economic and social resources and needs.

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Totally changed the way I think about American regionalism and geopolitics. Still useful and relevant today. Read full review

Contents

T H E N IN E N ATIONS i
3
NEW ENGLAND
14
THE FOUNDRY
49
Copyright

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The Nine Nations of North America
Joel Garreau
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Alaska Alberta American Angeles Anglo Arthur Bryant's asked Atlanta bank become border Breadbasket building California called Canada Canadian capital Chicano Park coal continent culture Detroit Dixie dollars downtown east economic Ecotopia Empty Quarter energy England Evanston example fact federal Foundry French future going growth Hispanics Houston hundred idea important industry Islands kids Lake land live look Lynndyl major MexAmerica Mexican Mexican-American Mexico Miami miles million mountains Nine Nations North America northern Pacific Parti Québécois percent plant political population problems produce Prudhoe Bay Québec Québécois region River South Florida southern Spanish started steel Street stuff talking Texas there's thing thousand tion town trying U.S. Steel United United Auto Workers urban Washington West workers York

About the author (1982)

JOEL GARREAU is a student of culture, values and change. The author of the bestselling "Edge City: Life on the New Frontier "and" The Nine Nations of North America," he is a reporter and editor at "The Washington Po"st, a member of the scenario-planning organization Global Business Network, and has served as a senior fellow at George Mason University and the University of California at Berkeley. He has appeared on such national media as Good Morning America, Today, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, NBC "Nightly News," ABC's "World News Tonight," and NPR's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered," He lives in Broad Run, Virginia.

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TitleThe Nine Nations of North America
AuthorJoel Garreau
Editionreprint, reissue
PublisherAvon, 1982
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 22, 2011
ISBN0380578859, 9780380578856
Length427 pages
  
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