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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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tipping
Culture; American culture
A tip of 15–20 percent added on to pre-tax bills for restaurants, hotels, beauty salons, taxis and other services hardly seems an extraordinary surcharge in a global economy. Yet, ...
literature and gender
Culture; American culture
A variety of approaches to the topic of women and literature has emerged in the last thirty years as Women’s Studies has solidified and expanded as an academic field, building on ...
awards
Culture; American culture
Academy Awards set the tone, in terms of recognition, ceremony and glamour, for many media awards that now annually recognize both excellence and box-office receipts. These ...
outing
Culture; American culture
According to Larry Gross in Contested Closets (1993), “outing” actually coincides with the nineteenthcentury introduction of the homosexual and, thus, the homosexual closet. Since ...
credit and credit cards
Culture; American culture
According to the Federal Reserve Board, outstanding consumer credit has soared from $6,577.8 million in January 1943 to $1,370,880 million in October 1999. Much of this increase ...
Christian music
Culture; American culture
Accounting for a small fraction of American music sales, Christian music exists at the margins of the music business. For example, most religious albums are sold not at record ...
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Culture; American culture
Act passed by Congress, at President Johnson’s behest, following the attack by state troopers and white extremists on Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights marchers in Selma, ...
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