The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.

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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your knowledge of superstar singers, beloved books, timeless toys and more.

In honor of Women's History Month, we asked booksellers across five local woman-owned bookstores to share their favorite books by women.

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The New York Historical honor goes to Randall K. Wilson, whose “A Place Called Yellowstone” chronicles a landscape “capable ...

In his book American Plastic: A Cultural History, historian Jeffrey Meikle writes that the ever-expanding proliferation of consumer goods created an inflationary culture, and that plastic became ...