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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sweatshops

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The 1995 bust of an El Monte, California factory where seventy-five Thai immigrants worked 18-hour days behind barbed wire producing designer clothes for $1.60 per hour underscored the dark side of ...

television

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The technology for television was developed in the 1920s. Nonetheless, it was not until after the Second World War that television became popular in America. Since then, television has been attacked ...

lobbyists

Culture; American culture

The term “lobbyist” refers to any person or group that attempts to sway the actions of a political representative through a sustained effort at persuasion. In the British Parliament of the ...

National Film Registry

Culture; American culture

The National Film Preservation Act of 1988 was passed in recognition of the monumental quality of American films in their original or restored versions amid problems from emerging techniques to alter ...

Roman Catholics

Culture; American culture

The Roman Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination in the world, is also the largest single church in the United States, with approximately one-quarter of the population as members. ...

Olympic Games

Culture; American culture

The first modern Olympics (Athens, 1896) were envisioned by their founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, as a way to transcend international divisions of politics and commerce through the celebration of ...

Barbie

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The Barbie doll is famous the world over as the leggy, blonde teenage model toy for girls. The doll was first released by the Mattel Corporation in the spring of 1959, ultimately becoming not merely ...