Who was the author of Anti-intellectualism in American life, who argued that American tradition were based on it colonial European and Evangelical Protestant heritage?
Anti-intellectualism in American Life: Anti-intellectualism in American Life is a book by Richard Hofstadter published in 1963 that won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Anti-intellectualism in American Life:  Moreover, he saw these themes as historically embedded in America's national fabric, an outcome of its colonial European and evangelical Protestant heritage. Tradition:  Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin "tradere" literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. Tradition:  While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time.
Richard Hofstadter