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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Superfund

Culture; American culture

Superfund is the name commonly used for the federal program to clean up hazardous waste sites, which is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program was created by the ...

Apple computer

Culture; American culture

The story of two men, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple in a garage in the 1970s, and went on to challenge corporate behemoth IBM in the burgeoning personal computer market is in one ...

flower power

Culture; American culture

Slogan of 1960s hippie changes, evoking color, peace and creativity as well as any reference to nature. Like other motifs and slogans of the period—“Summer of Love,” “groovy,” “psychedelic,” etc.—it ...

Slavic Americans

Culture; American culture

The largest wave of immigration into the United States from Eastern Europe took place between 1880 and 1914, when some 7 million people from this region arrived in America. Apart from about 1.8 ...

stars and sex symbols

Culture; American culture

Stars and sex symbols are a crucial part of popular culture and the pleasure the audience takes in watching film and television, but they are also crucial to the economics of the entertainment ...

urban planning

Culture; American culture

The term “urban planning” can be said to refer to a wide range of city-oriented activities: what planners do; what planners say they do; what citizens do to plan their cities; the process by which ...

Boston Pops

Culture; American culture

The Boston Pops began on July 11, 1885 when the Boston Symphony Orchestra inaugurated a popular concert; the Boston Pops Orchestra began to perform under its name in 1935. The typical Pops concert ...