文化不是一张标签表。它是历史进入日常生活的方式。
Culture is not a list of traits. It is history entering everyday life.
这里从土地、劳动、迁移、制度与媒介开始，再读宗教、汽车、移民、橄榄球、食物、地区、身份语言、影视、动画、音乐与小众文化。
Begin with land, labor, migration, institutions, and media—then read religion, cars, immigration, football, food, regions, identity language, film, animation, music, and subcultures.
进入美国历史骨架Enter the U.S. historical spine→先知道什么改变了，人们才可能怎样生活
First see what changed, then how people could live
五个时期，一件文化作品
Five eras, one cultural work
自由为何没有立刻成为平等
Why freedom did not become equality at once
宪法、学校、教会、报刊、地方权力与暴力反扑。
Constitution, schools, churches, print, local power, and backlash.
1877—1929城市如何制造新的大众
How cities made new publics
工厂、迁移、街区、剧场、报刊与音乐产业。
Factories, migration, neighborhoods, theaters, print, and music.
1929—1945危机如何重写家庭安全
How crisis rewrote household security
失业、公共工程、广播、迁徙、战争劳动与强制迁移。
Unemployment, public work, radio, migration, war labor, and forced removal.
1945—1968家、汽车和电视为何相互连接
Why home, cars, and television belong together
信贷、公路、郊区、公共空间与商业广播。
Credit, highways, suburbia, public space, and commercial broadcasting.
1969—1990全国媒介为何分裂成地方场景
Why national media fractured into local scenes
去工业化、移民、权利运动、有线电视与青年创造。
Deindustrialization, migration, rights movements, cable, and youth invention.
OBJECT NOTE · 1969—《芝麻街》如何成为跨代记忆
How Sesame Street became intergenerational memory
公共媒体、儿童发展、角色、音乐、家庭观看与授权商品。
Public media, child development, character, music, households, and licensing.