One of the most pervasive values in U.S. American culture is individualism‚ and understanding its effects can help illuminate many aspects of the culture. In American culture‚ in order to succeed and achieve one’s personal best‚ one must be strong and independent. In more collective cultures‚ accomplishments and successes may be viewed foremost as an honor to the group‚ for example‚ how it reflects upon one’s family or hometown community. In the US‚ a person’s success is more likely to be attributed
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Indigenous people‚ women‚ workers and peasants have played significant roles in politics as well as culture in Latin American nations. Some of the places affected by its people are Ecuador‚ and the Andean Region. Ecuador’s policies and culture was changed by its people. Ecuador was rich history in terms of revolutions. Originally Ecuador was primarily owned by the wealthy. During the first export era Cacao was a boom‚ however it was exported by an oligarchy of Cacao producers‚ These producers
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Americans strongly affirm the principles of religious freedom‚ religious tolerance‚ and separation of church and state. Nearly 9-in-10 (88 percent) Americans agree that America was founded on the idea of religious freedom for everyone‚ including religious groups that are unpopular. Ninety-five percent of Americans agree that all religious books should be treated with respect even if we don’t share the religious beliefs of those who use them. Nearly two-thirds (66 percent) of Americans agree that
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In what ways are history and heritage similar‚ and in what ways are they different? For many years the difference between heritage and history has been confused. Often the line between the two is merged creating a general measure of difficulty when it comes to separating the two. ‘The relationship between heritage‚ history and memory has been subject to much debate recently among geographers‚ historians and cultural critics’1. However it is clear‚ that ‘Heritage is not history’2 and that ‘Heritage
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Puritan values on the development of American culture. Use specific examples of Puritan ideas‚ traditions‚ and institutions‚ and discuss how these were affected by the end of the first century of American colonial development. (Be sure to rely heavily on Morgan’s The Puritan Family‚ as well as lecture‚ text and primary sources‚ for material and examples.) Cultures often rely on past beliefs to shape their values or way of life. Puritans had a great impact on American society today. Their primary focus
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The law in the United States has transformed prodigiously from the colonial era to the present times. Knowing the fact that law was practiced in the form of apprenticeship in its early days to having great expectations‚ a long and competitive process‚ and challenging regulations in becoming a lawyer is a verification to how law has been transformed (Friedman‚ p. 277.) In the “One L” book by Scott Turow‚ the reader attains great insight on how law schools are being conducted; describing the events
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Without the doubt，america is leading global economics and technology ‚it causes a huge impact to rest of the world since the end of World War II.When we talk about globalization，from cultural side‚ boundaries between cultures has become increasingly blurred‚changes in technology‚ economic and social development to promote the expansion of culture.Some people think cultural globalization will enhance communication between people‚ and promote the development of social systems‚also some people believes
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Ann-Katrin Kohnle Organizational Behavior AIG American International Group‚ or AIG‚ started out as a company that represented American insurance companies in Shanghai. The company moved on to become a reinsurance company in the United States that would hekp insurance companies disperse their liabilites and therefore aid those companies to grow faster. In 1968‚ Maurice Greenberg took over as CEO and AIG grew and expanded into countries around the world. Today‚ AIG does not only provide reinsurance
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ethnicities preserve culture‚ heritage and or tradition that they cherish and pass down to the next generation. Heritage and tradition can be expressed in any form the ethnicity chooses to use. Some cultures use food as a way to express. For instance‚ in my Arabian culture‚ we like to cook mostly with grains. A popular grain dish is couscous. It consists of grains made from semolina. Just as food is a big part of culture and heritage‚ it is not limited solely to food. Most cultures use objects to
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Cajuns Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana‚ consisting in part of the descendants of Acadian exiles—French-speakers from L’Acadie in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada Louisiana and Texas 1.2 Million Cajuns Food Cajun food relied on local ingredients and wild game like duck‚ rabbit‚ alligator. Areas close to the water used fish and shellfish like shrimp and crawfish. Because Cajuns were poor they used every part of a butchered animal like a pig. They
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