That book is so totally &quot;OMG, what&#x27;s <i>WRONG</i> with those people???&quot; Emphasis &quot;those people.&quot;<p>While that&#x27;s one interpretation, there&#x27;s <i>Long</i> been conflict in the US on the rural-urban axis - see Andrew Jackson&#x27;s vision versus Alexander Hamilton&#x27;s vision<p>Race is only useful in this sort of thing as a predictor of rough economic class, and even then it&#x27;s less than useful. IOW, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s <i>specifically</i> race.<p><i>A</i> better resource is &quot;American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America&quot;
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