The Nine Nations of North America

The Nine Nations of North America
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJoel Garreau
LanguageEnglish
Published1981
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
ISBN0-395-29124-0
OCLC318457577
970.053
LC ClassE38 .G37

The Nine Nations of North America is a 1981 book by Joel Garreau, in which the author suggests that North America can be divided into nine nations, which have distinctive economic and cultural features. He also argues that conventional national and state borders are largely artificial and irrelevant, and that his "nations" provide a more accurate way of understanding the true nature of North American society. The work has been called "a classic text on the current regionalization of North America".