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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middle age

Culture; American culture

Middle age is a relative concept. Although the term literally means a mid-point between birth and death, most Americans consider it to fall in the years between forty and sixty. During these years, ...

migration/mobility

Culture; American culture

Migration in the United States since the Second World War has often been associated with “the American dream” of upward mobility. Such identification is often mistaken, and assumes that migrants make ...

Florida

Culture; American culture

Mild climate and more than 1,200 miles of coastline have been the impetus of steady population growth for the Sunshine State since the Second World War. During the war, Florida thrived economically ...

bilingual education

Culture; American culture

Models of bilingual education range from those intended to retrain students from a first language to the sole use of English to those which support students’ simultaneous development of two ...

consumer price index

Culture; American culture

Monthly statistic, computed by the United States Department of Labor, which measures the price changes of various goods and services, such as gasoline, food, or apartment rent, paid for by a typical ...

alternative medicine

Culture; American culture

More commonly referred to as complementary medicine (also as additional medicine, integrative medicine, and natural health), this includes myriad medical practices and perceptions that have expert ...

bedroom

Culture; American culture

Most American bedrooms, as typified by “bedroom packages” offered by furniture retailers and hotel rooms, include a bed, night table(s) and a dresser. Within this general framework, Murphy beds, ...