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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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bowl games
Culture; American culture
The bowl games are the climax to the college football season. Begun with the Rose Bowl (Pasadena), dating back to 1902, many bowl games were created by boosters in Southern cities wishing to attract ...
foster care
Culture; American culture
State-run system to place children from abusive or otherwise damaging homes in temporary substitute care, usually through licensed families. The fostercare system, once seen as a partial substitute ...
children and television
Culture; American culture
The domestic intrusion of television in postwar America included children in the television experience, often via anodyne programming entertaining anyone between the ages of three and eighty. Whether ...
New England
Culture; American culture
When Captain John Smith voyaged to the region in 1614 he mapped the coast and named the area in his A Description of New England. Eventually, New England came to include the six states that form the ...
romance novels
Culture; American culture
These bestselling, serially produced novels of love and happiness target female readers who may devour dozens per month, purchased in drugstores and supermarket check-out lines as well as bookstores. ...
biology
Culture; American culture
There is a rich history of the study of life in all civilizations, though current methods stem primarily from Eurocentric roots. However, there is an increased attention to multicultural ...
soul
Culture; American culture
Soul music became the voice of black America in the 1960s, but that voice was hardly a singular one. Mixing the sacred sounds of gospel with the profane of the blues—and a dash of lush, pop ...
