Understanding Global Cultures

Maps
- Lonely Planet Map of North America
UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE (journal archives)
The Library of Congress
- Global Gateway > Portals to the World > USA - Spanish
country profiles
- USA -- CIA World Factbook
- America -- Lonely Planet
- United States -- BBC News
- United States -- NationMaster.com
- United States of America > North America > -- CountryReports.org
- United States ---- - Wikipedia

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general information
- Adminet > World > America > United States of America
timelines
- BBC News timeline
- World News Atlas > North America > U.S.A.
holidays
- Public Holidays of the United States -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for the U.S.A. -- Q++ Studio
- The History of Thanksgiving -- The History Channel
travel
- America -- Lonely Planet
national anthem
- national-anthems.net / with lyrics
- thenationalanthems.com

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newspapers / newsnetworks specific to the U.S.A. and its environs
- BBC News headlines from the Americas
  - The Media in The United States
- BBC News - What the World Thinks of America
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > North America > United States of America
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > North America > United States
- OnlineNewspapers.com > North America > by state | alphabetically
- economist.com > countries > United States
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > United States
- topix.net » Front Page » World News » U.S.A.
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and American scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio
- This American Life -- Public Radio International
- American Routes -- Nick Spitze

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government/government resources
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- U.S. International Information Programs: The Americas -- U.S. policy and issues related to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean region, Central America and South America
- State Legislatures’ GrassCatcher -- National Conference of State Legislators
- Governing.com -- Congressional Quarterly
- Student Voices -- Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Backgrounder (Current political and economic issues succinctly explained) -- Council on Foreign Relations
- The 2008 Statistical Abstract -- U.S. Census Bureau

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languages
- English Dictionaries
- List of dialects of the English language -- Wikipedia
- The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States, 1921-- H.L. Mencken (1880–1956)
food
- eLook.org > American >
  - American
  - Cajun
  - Caribbean
  - Gumbo
  - Jamaican
  - Native
  - Native American
  - Southern
  - Texas
- American cuisine -- Wikipedia
- Cuisine of the United States -- Wikipedia
- Roadfood.com -- Jane and Michael Stern
- The American Roadside -- Ron Dylewski
- Saveur: Savor a World of Authentic Cuisine > American | American Southern
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- America -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking
  - Cajun and Creole
  - US Regional
religion
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
  - Americana
  - Wicca and Neo-Paganism
- Sacred Destinations > United States -- Holly Hayes
- Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion [pdf] -- Pew Hispanic Center

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the arts
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Architecture of North America > Architecture of United States of America > -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc.
  - Architecture of New England
- American Architectural Foundation
- North America -- Emporis
cities
- Major Cities > USA -- Lonely Planet
- World Heritage Cities
- Historic Cities > Countries > United States >

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WebSites
- Lists of American people -- Wikipedia
- Global Performing Arts Consortium
- American Religious Experience -- Briane K. Turley of West Virginia University
- Foreign Policy Research Institute -- ORBIS: A Journal of World Affairs
- Hyphen Magazine: Asian America Unabridged
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Observer -- United States
- Polling 101 -- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- National Opinion Research Center
- Roadside America
- Association of Hispanic Arts
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- UCLA LeRoy Neiman Center for the Study of American Society and Culture
- Radical America -- Brown University
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- American English
- Global Legal Information Network -- Law Library of Congress
- Roma / Travelers [see also Gypsy and Traveler Studies] -- The Patrin Web Journal: Romani Culture and History
- Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943 -- The Library of Congress > Exhibitions
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> Observatory Portal >> Regions >> [International] >> North America >> United States of America
- France in America -- Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- SoundTransit -- soundscapes and sound clips from around the world
- U.S. Highways: From US 1 to US 830 -- Robert V. Droz
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Migration Information Source -- Migration Policy Institute
  - United States
  - Global Data Center
- Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture
- The American Roadside -- Ron Dylewski
  - Roadfood .com -- Jane and Michael Stern
- Documenting the American South: Oral Histories of the American South -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room -- The White House
- Center for Rural Studies -- University of Vermont
- The BoxTank (weblog)
- FactCheck.org -- Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- AmeriQuests -- Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University
- Take Pride in America -- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Historic New England
- The Dividing Line (Mexican-American border) -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- ushistory.org
- Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar -- Library of Congress: AMERICAN MEMORY
- Occupational Outlook Handbook -- U.S. Department of Labor
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- Barnard Center for Research on Women -- Barnard
- Japan's Pop Power -- American RadioWorks
- Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 -- Harvard University Library
- Social Explorer -- Queens College CUNY
- U.S. Census Bureau: Facts for Features & Special Editions
- Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
- The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- The Oxford Book of American Essays -- Bartleby.com
- Snapshot of the US: 65 days in front of the TV and five months of media -- The Guardian
- The 2007 Statistical Abstract -- U.S. Census Bureau
- Hearing America: A Century of Music on the Radio -- American Public Media
- Political Database of the Americas -- Georgetown University
- Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) -- State Department's Office of the Historian
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers -- Library of Congress
- United States Military Academy Digital Library
- America at a Crossroads -- PBS
- Southwestern Historical Quarterly --Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)
- Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase -- Library of Congress > American Memory
- Experiencing the War: Stories from the Veterans History Project -- Veterans History Project, The Library of Congress
- The American Presidency Project -- Gerhard Peters, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives -- Wisconsin Historical Society
- The Belgian-American Collection -- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- African American History Month -- Library of Congress
- Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence 1763-1848 -- Smithsonian Latino Center
- The Americas -- The British Museum
- National Archives Experience
- Who were the First Americans?
- The Jewish Americans -- PBS
- National Annenberg Survey of Youth -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center
- National Register Travel Itineraries -- National Park Service

United States Slides
Videos

Affluenza
American Tongues

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"America" -- U.S.A.