Monolithic Culture in America and Britain

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This paper is an analysis of the question of whether British and American societies are monolithic. The writer questions whether these societies contain strong regional identities. In this article, the writer looks at Joseph Conforti's book "Imagining New England" and discusses society and culture in the United States. The writer shows that Conforti argues that the United States is not monolithic and that strong regional identities exist in the U.S.

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"In his book 'Imagining New England' Joseph Conforti offers the following insights about the myth of a monolithic United States and the reality of strong regional identities. In the Introduction to the book Conforti writes 'Regions are not only concrete geographic domains but also conceptual places. Humans define regions they are not geographic entities that define themselves. Regional identity is not simply an organic outcome of human interaction with the physical environment, the geology and climate for example of a particular place. Regions are ...'"

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