1. The culture <br />The U.S. culture has a great influence in the world, especially in the western world. The American music is heard around the world, and American films and television programs are known almost everywhere in the world. Here there is a sharp contrast with the early days of the republic when the country was seen as an agricultural area with little to offer the culturally advanced world centers of Asia and Europe. <br />With just over two centuries old, almost all major U.S. cities offer installations and performances of classical and popular music, Contemporary Christian Music (CCM - Contemporary Christian Music) Gospel music (a term used in Brazil for the Contemporary Christian Music), centers of historical research, science and art and museums, dance performances, musicals and plays, as well as outdoor events and architecture of international significance. This development resulted from contributions or from private philanthropists or government funding. <br />The United States is also a major center of higher education, with more than 1,500 universities, colleges (colleges) and other institutions of higher learning, whose best examples are among the most advanced and prestigious institutions in the world<br />The cinema<br />The cinema of the United States of America, and a specific form of cultural expression of a people, is also one of the most successful entertainment industries in the world. While not all films in the United States of America are produced in Hollywood, the town became synonymous with the industry nationwide. The influence of American cinema in the world is overwhelming and remains generally as a reference to the public in general, prefer this film to the movies in your country Vick.<br />The literature<br />The literature of the United States of America can be considered part of English literature or as a distinctive literary field. The American literature owes much to the original shapes and styles originating in Europe. for example, quot;
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and other novels of Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) based directly on the Gothic novels that were written then in England. Even the impeccably woven narratives by Washington Irving (1783-1859) - mainly Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow - seem clearly to Europe despite the action unfold in the New World<br />The theater<br />The theater in the United States of America is based in the Western tradition, mostly borrowed from the performance styles that prevailed in Europe at the time of its introduction in the country. Today is strongly intertwined with literature, film, television and American music and it is not uncommon for a single story to appear in all forms. Regions with significant music scenes often have strong theater and comedy traditions as well. Musical theater may be the most popular form: it is certainly a more live theater and the choreography of the stage hit just going for television and movies. Today, the theaters are together with the music. The places Theatre are too full, because parts are funny, romantic or even a real life.<br />Visual arts<br />The visual arts in the U.S. are mostly contemporary, although the country is one of those who have the largest collection of artistic works from various periods, the fruit of economic growth.<br />Several museums, scattered across the country, concentrated major collections of works of art, especially in New York City.<br />The graphic design, for example, has the creators of history in comics, and this influenced the painter and filmmaker North Americano Andy Warhol<br />Culinary<br />There is a national cuisine, unique in the country - the current American cuisine is highly diverse, varying from region to region, depending on the population and culture of the region.<br />Common foods of American breakfast is eggs, bacon, pancakes, cereal and bread with peanut butter, served with coffee or juice, or hot chocolate and mufins bagle most of the time, the juice is orange. Lunch of Americans is light - the reasons are the limited time available for lunch for the workers and students. Lunch can be simple as to be composed of only one sandwich, and alone. Dinner is in most American family, the main dish of the day.<br />The United States is the largest coffee consumer in the world. Many Americans drink coffee in the morning, and many drink coffee at work. Moreover, the United States is also the largest consumer of soft drinks in the world.<br />The United States is famous worldwide for its fast-foods. The Americans often had lunch at fast-foods, just because of the limited time available for workers to lunch - and because of low prices of products offered.<br />