The Influence of Later Arrivals on American Politics

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I think of your work as a very powerful prism to look at the United States and its history. I wonder whether there's a tendency to downplay the influence of later arrivals. How do you deal with these groups that from the perspective of the original settlers appear to be later arrivals?

Colin Woodard is an American journalist. He is the author of American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Colin Woodard discuss the ideals of America’s settlers and why they remain influential many years later; how the tension between individual freedom and concern for the public good has shaped America’s regional divides; and whether a shared national narrative can help to unify our divided groups.

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