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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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gospel music
Culture; American culture
While this may refer to traditions of white hymnody (which intersect with country music), “gospel” is more often identified with a black genre that emerged from spirituals after the turn of the ...
the Right
Culture; American culture
When one refers to the Right, or right wing, in the cuts across currents associated with Jeffersonian United States, one begins with a tradition which and Jacksonian democracy. One must initially ...
English Only
Culture; American culture
Backlash campaign since the 1980s seeking to establish the “official” status of English as a state and federal language to the exclusion of multilingual materials or required bilingual competence in ...
Lyme disease
Culture; American culture
Bacterial infection transmitted by ticks that live on deer or mice. Marked by a bull’s-eye rash, malaise, fatigue and muscle aches, it is often misdiagnosed, although it will respond readily to ...
banks and banking
Culture; American culture
Banks traditionally are protectors and providers of money intermediaries between those who have money and want it protected and those who need money to purchase homes, grow businesses or fund ...
collectibles
Culture; American culture
Barbed wire, dolls, first editions, baseball cards and dinnerware have achieved a post-Marxist transmutation from use value to exchange value in becoming collectibles. The emphasis, however, is on ...
softball
Culture; American culture
Baseball game adapted for women by educators who believed that the women’s game should differ from the men’s in terms of the size of the ball, the pitching (which, though underarm, can be a fastpitch ...
