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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.

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tobacco industry

Culture; American culture

America’s tobacco industry has a long, profitable history Virginia colonist John Rolfe (Pocahantas’ husband) produced the first commercial crop in 1612. In 1890 James Buchanan ...

anthropology

Culture; American culture

American anthropology studies the human condition across cultures in both the past and present, as well as considers the primate family in general. For most of the twentieth ...

survivalists

Culture; American culture

American apocalyptics who express their rejection of issues or changes by choosing to withdraw from American society and await its destruction, armed with tools of both living and ...

public art

Culture; American culture

American art in public spaces, not surprisingly has been dominated by memorials of war and politics—generals, presidents or obelisks and sorrowful figures recalling the ...

contemporary (postmodern) art

Culture; American culture

American art since the late 1970s has been characterized by both supporters and detractors as postmodern, but it is sometimes unclear whether the term refers to the contemporary ...

track and field

Culture; American culture

American athletes in track-and-field sports have been able to maintain their dominance as a result of the emphasis colleges and universities place on the sport. Backed by the NCAA ...

drive-ins

Culture; American culture

American automotive culture created intense demands for car-oriented services. Drive-in movies mushroomed from 300 after the Second World War to thousands in the 1950s. Along with ...