Puritan Mentality

Puritan mentality as well as pillars and determinants of the American society must be defined at the beginning. The topic of this thesis reflects social and cultural issues and changes in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s, including organized crime. It concerns American identity and cultural changes, however not in general. It focuses on one of U.S. cities: Atlantic City, which has been a focal point in mass culture, new cultural trends which determined the archetype of leisure. The new trend in culture was very different from previous culture. Identity and morality of American people were shaped under various circumstances.
Traditional American culture and mentality are related to Puritan beliefs. Puritans were a Christian religious dissent