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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dinette

Culture; American culture

Both the room or space set off from the kitchen and the furniture sets which have created an informal eating space for American families without servants, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. Dinette ...

bowling

Culture; American culture

Bowling became popular in the 1890s, quickly acquiring a beer-drinking and workingclass image. However, the sport was open to both genders and, facilitated by the use of handicaps, which adjust for ...

boxing

Culture; American culture

Boxing in its contemporary form is a sport in which men and increasingly among professionals, women of closely matched weights fight with their fists in padded leather gloves. No bare description can ...

TV Guide

Culture; American culture

Brainchild of Philadelphia Inquirer publisher Walter Annenberg, TV Guide was created in 1953 as the ephemeral bible of the television generation. It was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1988. Its multiple ...

foreign investment

Culture; American culture

By 1990 the market value of US direct investment abroad measured $714.1 billion compared with $530.4 billion for foreign investment in the US (Graham and Krugman 1991:17). Instead of making products ...

radio news

Culture; American culture

By the 1940s, Americans were receiving much of their news from radio. Despite a 1934 agreement between the print and radio media that radio news would be limited (and that those reciting the news on ...

Black Entertainment Television (BET)

Culture; American culture

Cable network founded by Robert Johnson in 1979. Johnson artfully managed new forms of television distribution—sharing satellites and trading Time Warner stock for access— and advertisers targeting ...