for example, Italians form a 1argely homogeneous society,。Americans do not. And whereas a country like Britain exhibits considerable variation in climate and 1andscape, the differenceS aCTOSS > the U.S. are extreme. ④ Such diffculties, which stem from the enormous Yariety of America and Americans, Should be rather obyious. ⑤) Less apparent at frst thought is that much of what was once said to be typically American is often no longer just American. Largely since the Second World War, more and more American social and cultural habits have *taken hold in Europe and around the world, from ) cornfakes and the televised news for breakfast to the evening barbecue or grill party.