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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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neighborhoods
Culture; American culture
Like community, a fundamentally positive term in American society but nevertheless nebulous and contradictory. Historically, neighborhoods reflect the physical development and divisions of ...
veterans
Culture; American culture
Like other nations that have engaged in the bloody wars of the twentieth century, the United States honors those who have risked their lives for their country. Official holidays of remembrance for ...
university and college research libraries
Culture; American culture
Like the institutions of which they are a part, university and college libraries have embodied in their sense of grandeur the loftiest of American educational ideals. As neoclassical secular temples, ...
fairs
Culture; American culture
Like their ancestral European celebrations, American fairs have combined leisure, commerce and politics. State fairs annually showcase agriculture, commerce, industry natural resources, and ...
pornography
Culture; American culture
Literally, “pornography” means “the writing of whores.” The term is generally taken to mean “sexually explicit words and images whose sole purpose is sexual arousal.” However, in the last quarter of ...
Guam
Culture; American culture
Located in the Pacific, far from the US mainland, Guam occupies an ambiguous position within American politics, society and culture. This largest island in the Marianas chain, ceded by Spain in 1898, ...
California
Culture; American culture
Long a magnet for those pursuing the American dream, from the Gold Rush to the golden age of Hollywood, California grew explosively in the Second World War. Government spending for the war created ...
