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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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rhythm and blues (R&B)
Culture; American culture
African Americans developed rhythm and blues in the early 1940s as a hybrid of country blues and big-band swing. In the coming decades R&B evolved in one direction into rock ’n’ roll, and in another ...
police
Culture; American culture
After education, public safety is the most expensive service provided by local government in the United States. Much of the growth in the size and political power of American police agencies since ...
gay and lesbian life and politics
Culture; American culture
After the 1969 Stonewall riots, the call for an active gay and lesbian political agenda became paramount. Through often spirited activism and persistent grassroots politics, a gay and lesbian ...
Vietnamese Americans
Culture; American culture
After the fall of Saigon in 1975, many Vietnamese fled their homeland. Over 900,000 refugees arrived in the US from Southeast Asia between 1975 and 1989, most of them from Vietnam, although many had ...
classical music
Culture; American culture
As with all of the arts, one cannot summarize classical music in America since the Second World War with one word or phrase. Technology new and old, musical ideologies, and quests for audience all ...
Asian Americans
Culture; American culture
Asian Americans represent the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. The 1990 census listed the population of Asians or Pacific Islanders as 7.2 million (2.9 percent of the American ...
assassination
Culture; American culture
Assassins (literally “eaters of hashish”) were an order of Muslim fanatics who specialized in killing Christian crusaders during the Middle Ages. In recent decades, “assassination” has come to refer ...
