American culture

American culture

Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.

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health/organic food

Culture; American culture

The idea that certain foods—organic, unprocessed, raw and often vegetarian—are more “fit” to eat than others and the promise of overall good health through diet are interwoven in the fabric of three ...

Eastern-European Americans

Culture; American culture

The first phase of Eastern-European immigration is generally accepted to have begun in the 1880s, although small numbers from the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires had arrived before this time. ...

ethnic food

Culture; American culture

While assimilationist pressures have told immigrants to learn English, support American economic and political culture and give up leftist politics, animal sacrifice and political allegiances abroad, ...

oil and gas

Culture; American culture

The United States has been addicted to cheap gas, influencing both domestic and international policy. It has been one of the world’s largest producers of oil (after the former Soviet Union and Saudi ...

Mid-Atlantic region

Culture; American culture

This term includes at least part of New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Generally this encompasses the coastal subregion, the Delaware and Susquehanna ...

grunge

Culture; American culture

When Nirvana’s Nevermind knocked Michael Jackson’s Dangerous off the top of the charts in 1991, rock, after years of taking second place to dance music, re-emerged. Grunge became the title that the ...

white

Culture; American culture

The color white represents base on the color scale. This symbolic meaning has often been presupposed when white, or whiteness, represents racial identity. When white represents racial identity it ...