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| [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|This [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|This [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] | ||
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| - | The '''United States of America''' (USA), most often referred to simply as the ''United States'' or ''US'', is a [[democratic republic]] in [[North America]] that is currently the world's only [[superpower]]. Established in [[1776]] as a collection of break-away [[England|English]] colonies, the United States has since eclipsed its mother nation and most other nations in terms of relative economic, political, military and arguably cultural importance. Because of this, the United States has often been accused of economic, political, military and [[cultural imperialism]]. | + | The '''United States of America''' (USA), most often referred to simply as the ''United States'' or ''US'', is a [[democratic republic]] in [[North America]] that is currently the world's only [[superpower]]. Established in the [[1770s]] as a collection of break-away [[England|English]] colonies, the United States has since eclipsed its mother nation and most other nations in terms of relative economic, political, military and arguably cultural importance. Because of this, the United States has often been accused of economic, political, military and [[cultural imperialism]]. |
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The United States of America (USA), most often referred to simply as the United States or US, is a democratic republic in North America that is currently the world's only superpower. Established in the 1770s as a collection of break-away English colonies, the United States has since eclipsed its mother nation and most other nations in terms of relative economic, political, military and arguably cultural importance. Because of this, the United States has often been accused of economic, political, military and cultural imperialism.
See also
- American culture
- Disneyfication
- Cultural imperialism
- Visual arts of the United States
- African American culture
- American cinema
- American literature
- American popular culture
- American music and "black music"
- American cinema and Hollywood
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "United States" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "United States" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
