The Colonial Experience by Boorstin, Daniel The colonial experience book analyzed some of the benefits that accrued to the American nation as a result of colonization. The book interprets the habits of those who lived two centuries ago and their contributions to the contemporary American nation. In particular Boorstin have critically analyzed the then American people shattered traditional beliefs and cultures and how they replaced them with more sophisticated European civilization. The book also analyses how the American people were able to put aside their utopian fantasies.