Obtained Woodard's book and the search for criticisms.

After investigating what grounds Woodward defines regions on, I will try to pick issues that touch on them. For example, if "The importance of children/ roles of women" are one of them, I may choose Birth Control or Abortion.

I just bought the Kindle edition of Woodard's book and will begin scouring it for useful information. I'm mostly going to look for the definitions of the regions and how they effect today's politics, which is an important part of the book.

The most I could find in terms of commentary about Woodard's work is in the form of reviews, which are generally positive. The main criticisms being that small parts of states are left out, his definition of "nation" is too vague, and the historical evidence is over-stretched. But no one is outright disagreeing with his premise or the number of regions, which is what is important to my inquiry.

Articles with criticisms:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/05/colin-woodard-s-eleven-nations-shows-a-less-than-united-states.html
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/10/review-guest-american-nations-a-history-of-the-eleven-rival-regional-cultures-of-north-america/