... changes that occurred during this often-overlooked period. Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of American culture. From its inception, American culture was tempered and enriched by ethnic pluralism. The first English colonists "homogeneous as they were "still had to learn to coexist with the Indians in the ... American culture directed towards the pursuit of wealth (sometimes at the expense of morality) that endures to the present day. He reveals that the American colonies as a whole were surprisingly sel...

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