Culture and Customs of the United States.pdf

Culture and Customs

of the United States

Culture and Customs

of the United States

Volume 1

Customs and Society

EditEd by bEnjamin F. ShEarEr

Culture and Customs of North Amerca

GreeNwood Press

westport, Connectcut • London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Culture and customs of the Unted states / edted by Benjamn F. shearer.

p. cm.—(Culture and customs of North Amerca, IssN 1940–1132)

Includes bblographcal references and ndex.

IsBN 978–0–313–33875–5 (set : alk. paper)—IsBN 978–0–313–33876–2

(vol. 1 : alk. paper)—IsBN 978–0–313–33877–9 (vol. 2 : alk. paper)

1. Unted states—Cvlzaton. 2. Unted states—socal lfe and

customs. 3. Unted states—socal condtons. I. shearer, Benjamn F.

e169.1.C843 2008

973—dc22 2007039174

Brtsh Lbrary Catalogung n Publcaton data s avalable.

All rghts reserved. No porton of ths book may be

reproduced, by any process or technque, wthout the

express wrtten consent of the publsher.

Lbrary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007039174

IsBN-13: 978–0–313–33875–5 (set)

978–0–313–33876–2 (vol 1)

978–0–313–33877–9 (vol 2)

IssN: 1940–1132

Frst publshed n 2008

Greenwood Press, 88 Post road west, westport, CT 06881

An mprnt of Greenwood Publshng Group, Inc.

www.greenwood.com

Prnted n the Unted states of Amerca

The paper used n ths book comples wth the

Permanent Paper standard ssued by the Natonal

Informaton standards organzaton (Z39.48–1984).

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

Preface

Chronology

Introducton

V olume 1: C ustoms and s oCiety

1 Context: The Land, the People, the Past, the Present

2 Religion and Thought

3 Gender, Marriage, Family, and Education

117

4 Holidays and Leisure

153

V olume 2: C ulture

5 Cuisine and Fashion

193

Benjamin F. Shearer

Ellen Baier

Wende Vyborney Feller

Benjamin F. Shearer

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