Some of them developed robust cultures more or less independent of the south.

"But I don't want to use that as an excuse because basketball is an independent culture."

Or will this, like so many other independent cultures, become another anonymous suburb in a global village?

Surprisingly, different areas in Northern Illinois have their own independent cultures.

The show consists largely of interviews conducted by Kauffman with various personalities from across independent culture but based mostly in music.

It is this lack of interaction and physical isolation what allowed them to become regarded as an independent culture.

Webster thought it was vital to shake off "foreign manners" and build an independent national culture.

He cares passionately about independent (or "underground") culture in China.

Their unsteady mode of life drove them into a nomadic existence, although they had developed an independent culture and technology.

There was some intermarriage, but mostly the two peoples retained independent cultures, according to studies since the late twentieth century.