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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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poetry
Culture; American culture
The last gasps of the American revolutionary spirit were choked out in the Civil War, when the most conservative form of liberal government ever invented unhinged its jaws and swallowed its ...
alternative newspapers
Culture; American culture
While competition among local English-language newspapers has almost disappeared from American cities, small-scale weekly tabloids often provide different viewpoints and extensive investigative ...
Civil Rights movement
Culture; American culture
The Civil Rights movement spanned two decades (c.1948–68) in the historic battle for African American freedom in the United States. Its impacts were regional, nationwide and international. The ...
astroturf
Culture; American culture
Synthetic turf first used in Houston’s Astrodome, completed in 1965, to replace grass when it was learned that grass would not grow well in indoor stadiums. It was quickly brought into every indoor ...
afterlife
Culture; American culture
The majority of Americans believe in some form of life after death. Often, this is shaped by Christian traditions of eternal reward for a moral life. Other religions also offer some form of ...
Amish
Culture; American culture
The Amish were named after Jacob Ammann, a seventeenth-century Swiss Mennonite Bishop, who inspired his followers to establish communities governed by strict rules of behavior and dress. The Amish ...
martial arts
Culture; American culture
The story of martial arts in the United States is closely connected with the post-Second World War history of the United States’ connections with Asia. Aikido, Judo and Karate, originating in Japan, ...
