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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Benjamin Spock

Culture; American culture

(1903 – 1998) Pediatrician to the baby boomers. Spock’s Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (first published in 1946 but undergoing multiple revisions and new editions thereafter) revolutionized ...

Ralph Johnson Bunche

Culture; American culture

(1904 – 1971) African American diplomat. Ralph Bunche developed an internationalist’s vision during his undergraduate study at UCLA. A gifted intellectual, Bunche attended Harvard for graduate work ...

Joan Crawford

Culture; American culture

(1904 – 1977) Glamour, ambition and drive crystallized a star quality around Crawford that carried her through decades of success, although the off-screen cost of these qualities pervaded a ...

James William Fulbright

Culture; American culture

(1905 – 1995) Educator and statesman, Fulbright was president of the University of Arkansas before being elected to the Senate in 1945. He soon established the government-funded international program ...

Philip Johnson

Culture; American culture

(born 1906) A major figure in the American art and architecture communities in the twentieth century Johnson studied with German Walter Gropius at Harvard, was instrumental in promoting modern ...

Billy Wilder

Culture; American culture

(born 1906) Director and screenwriter. Nazis forced Wilder to abandon his native Austria in 1933. In the US, he became a remarkably insightful auteur into American relationships. His career as ...

John Huston

Culture; American culture

(1906 – 1987) Although he began as an actor and screenwriter, Huston’s legendary presence as a director of films about loners and dark struggles overshadows these achievements (and a series of ...