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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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polio (-myelitis)
Culture; American culture
Also known as “infantile paralysis,” this viral inflammation that left healthy children and adults unable to use their limbs became a source of terror for American parents and ...
Arab Americans
Culture; American culture
Although “Arab” refers to members of a language group from the Middle East and North Africa, the term has been muddled in the US by historical shifts, global Islamic politics and ...
Japanese Americans
Culture; American culture
Although among the earliest immigrants from Asia, Japanese Americans have not experienced significant growth since 1960s immigration reforms. Instead, the Japanese American ...
museums
Culture; American culture
Although art museums and children’s museums constitute well-known genres of investigation and display, Americans have created many other centers that attract local visitors and ...
United Nations
Culture; American culture
Although founded in the US as a successor to the League of Nations (which the US had not joined) and headquartered beside New York City, NY’s East River, the UN has often faced ...
film noir
Culture; American culture
Although French critics coined the epithet “black film,” film noir represents a unique, indigenous American genre. Emerging after the Second World War, noir’s images and plots ...
draft
Culture; American culture
Although males aged between eighteen and twenty-five are required to register for possible conscription in the US, there has been no compulsory military service since 1973. Even ...
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