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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mas.to/users/seanbala/statuses/112961500419709548">Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 02:15:09 JST</a><a href="https://mas.to/@seanbala" title="seanbala@mas.to"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/102480-48-20240315135612.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sean Bala" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sean Bala</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>When I lived abroad, I had a short list of books to help people understand the US more. It is a big, complicated country and it can be hard to find well-written works. Here are my top books to understand the US - </p><p>1) "American Nations" by <a href="https://mastodon.online/@ColinWoodard">@ColinWoodard</a> - Woodard makes the argument that the US is not one nation but actually eleven different national grouping all vying for control. Gives you insights into odd quirks of American identity. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Books" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bookstodon" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/History" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" rel="tag">#USA</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3518364#notice-6911612">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-15T02:15:09+09:00" title="Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 02:15:09 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mas.to/@seanbala/112961500419709548" rel="external" title="Sent from mas.to via ActivityPub">mas.to</a></span></span><a href="https://mas.to/@seanbala/112961500419709548">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 02:15:09 JSTSean Bala
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When I lived abroad, I had a short list of books to help people understand the US more. It is a big, complicated country and it can be hard to find well-written works. Here are my top books to understand the US -
1) "American Nations" by @ColinWoodard - Woodard makes the argument that the US is not one nation but actually eleven different national grouping all vying for control. Gives you insights into odd quirks of American identity.
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