Portugal, with Porto as the business capital; Spain, with the Catalans and Basques (and I think Northerners generally) seeing themselves as more industrious than the rest of the country. Everywhere has a North, as Doctor Who put it
Any comment about divisions between regions in America, Eastern Europe, or Asia? I don't know that they play out clearly in the US or Eastern Europe, but a wheat/rice division does clearly exist in Asia:
"We tested 1162 Han Chinese participants in six sites and found that rice-growing southern China is more interdependent and holistic-thinking than the wheat-growing north. To control for confounds like climate, we tested people from neighboring counties along the rice-wheat border and found differences that were just as large. We also find that modernization and pathogen prevalence theories do not fit the data."
There is generally a large divide between North and South in China beyond Wheat and Rice. I believe Northern Chinese are more heavy drinkers than the South, which prefers tea more than the North. Southern China also contains the bulk of China's dialects while most of the North, the language spoken is Mandarin (though even then there is still strong variation.) And of course, there are the constant historical divisions along the Yangtze. Three Kingdoms and Jin vs Southern Song come to mind. The divisions in the Americas I would probably need to read more about. There is the classic Union Confederate divide in the USA, but in Brazil there is also a North South divide as well. I don't know much at all about Eastern European divisions.
Thanks for the suggestion! It's an idea. I want to do some more reading before I write up another post. Culture, especially, *current* culture is one those things I want to be very sure on as people tend to love the little quirks of their regions and I want to do them justice.
Are you familiar with the writings of Emmanuel Todd on family structure and its influence on political and economic factors? Family structural difference do not coincide with linguistic or political boundaries either.
Portugal, with Porto as the business capital; Spain, with the Catalans and Basques (and I think Northerners generally) seeing themselves as more industrious than the rest of the country. Everywhere has a North, as Doctor Who put it
I did not know the Northern Spanish thought of themselves as harder workers!
Any comment about divisions between regions in America, Eastern Europe, or Asia? I don't know that they play out clearly in the US or Eastern Europe, but a wheat/rice division does clearly exist in Asia:
https://cbb.sjtu.edu.cn/~jingli/courses/2018fall/bi372/files/RiceversusWheatScience-2014-Talhelm-603-8.pdf
"We tested 1162 Han Chinese participants in six sites and found that rice-growing southern China is more interdependent and holistic-thinking than the wheat-growing north. To control for confounds like climate, we tested people from neighboring counties along the rice-wheat border and found differences that were just as large. We also find that modernization and pathogen prevalence theories do not fit the data."
For a broad, easy-to-read overview, try: https://www.chinaeducationaltours.com/guide/article-different-chinese.htm
There is generally a large divide between North and South in China beyond Wheat and Rice. I believe Northern Chinese are more heavy drinkers than the South, which prefers tea more than the North. Southern China also contains the bulk of China's dialects while most of the North, the language spoken is Mandarin (though even then there is still strong variation.) And of course, there are the constant historical divisions along the Yangtze. Three Kingdoms and Jin vs Southern Song come to mind. The divisions in the Americas I would probably need to read more about. There is the classic Union Confederate divide in the USA, but in Brazil there is also a North South divide as well. I don't know much at all about Eastern European divisions.
Oh, you know a lot about this! I suggest you consider cutting this comment you made to me, and turn it into a short follow-up post.
Thanks for the suggestion! It's an idea. I want to do some more reading before I write up another post. Culture, especially, *current* culture is one those things I want to be very sure on as people tend to love the little quirks of their regions and I want to do them justice.
Are you familiar with the writings of Emmanuel Todd on family structure and its influence on political and economic factors? Family structural difference do not coincide with linguistic or political boundaries either.