Wellbeing across the American Nations: First Settler Effects influence traditional and existential wellness (IMAGE)

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Wellbeing across the American Nations: First Settler Effects influence traditional and existential wellness

Caption

This map illustrates the regional division of North America into distinct cultural nations as proposed by Colin Woodard in his 2011 book “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America”. The model divides the continent into several “nations,” each with its own unique cultural identity shaped by the settlement patterns, historical events, and prevailing ideologies of the first settlers in those regions.

Credit

Samson et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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