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

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poetry

Culture; American culture

The last gasps of the American revolutionary spirit were choked out in the Civil War, when the most conservative form of liberal government ever invented unhinged its jaws and ...

alternative newspapers

Culture; American culture

While competition among local English-language newspapers has almost disappeared from American cities, small-scale weekly tabloids often provide different viewpoints and extensive ...

Civil Rights movement

Culture; American culture

The Civil Rights movement spanned two decades (c.1948–68) in the historic battle for African American freedom in the United States. Its impacts were regional, nationwide and ...

astroturf

Culture; American culture

Synthetic turf first used in Houston’s Astrodome, completed in 1965, to replace grass when it was learned that grass would not grow well in indoor stadiums. It was quickly brought ...

afterlife

Culture; American culture

The majority of Americans believe in some form of life after death. Often, this is shaped by Christian traditions of eternal reward for a moral life. Other religions also offer ...

Amish

Culture; American culture

The Amish were named after Jacob Ammann, a seventeenth-century Swiss Mennonite Bishop, who inspired his followers to establish communities governed by strict rules of behavior and ...

martial arts

Culture; American culture

The story of martial arts in the United States is closely connected with the post-Second World War history of the United States’ connections with Asia. Aikido, Judo and Karate, ...