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In order to adapt themselves to the new environments, they became less formal but more pragmatic. They grew less conservative and more outspoken. Large tracts of virgin soil promoted the development of competition and cultivated a stronger sense for liberty and variety. The formation of a new nation by people of different national origins forced social life to show more elasticity. Compromise and tolerance became a necessity. Religion thus gradually became a private affair. When the immigrants came to the American continent, they brought with them their native traditions, customs and living patterns. The immigrants from all part of the world have greatly enriched American life. The United States is a "melting pot" in which the foreigners have sometimes remained culturally and linguistically what they were in their native lands even as they move toward becoming citizens of the United States, and it is still a country whose people share a common cultural outlook and set of values which are included in the American immigration cultures. Acknowledgements Finally, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to those who spend their precious time in reading this thesis. My idea for the thesis sprang from the enlightenment of Mrs. Huang Tianhong, my tutor, to whom I owed great gratitude and appreciation. She gave me invaluable instructions and encouragement. Moreover, I am deeply grateful to those teachers who gave me much help in the four years, such as Mr. Deng Xingyi, Mr. Zhang Chun, Mr. Zhou Ronghui, Mrs. LiaoHong, and Mr. Liu Youlong. They benefited me a lot with sparkling ideas in their lectures. My indebtedness also goes to my parents, who, as the supporters of my life and studies, try hard to keep me strong physically and intellectually. Bibliography [1]Roger Ellis.英格兰的文化政治[M].外语教学与研究出版社, 2002. [2]王守仁.英国文学选读[M].高等教育出版社, 2004. [3]郭继德.20世纪美国文学—梦想与现实[M].外语教学与研究出版社,2002. [4]朱永淘.英美文化基础教程[M].外语教学与研究出版社,2002. [5]李常磊.英美文化博览[M].世界图书出版公司,2000. [6]端木义万.美国社会文化透视[M].南京大学出版社,1999. [7]王怀兴.世界文化简史[M].齐鲁书社, 2002. [8]李玉新.欧洲文化入门辅导手册[M].北京理工大学出版社,2001. [9]陈朝晖.U.S.A 美国[M].京华出版社,2001. [10]李方.点击美国,从学府到政府到民间[M].北京出版社,2002. [11]吴定柏.美国文学大纲[M].上海外语出版社, 2000. [12] 史志康.美国文学背景概观[M].上海外语出版社, 1998. [13]吴伟仁.美国文学简史及选读[M].中央民族大学出版社,2003. [14]蔡昌卓.美国英语史[M].北京大学出版社,2006. [15] 钱满素.美国自由主义的历史变迁[M].新知出版社,2006本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。