内容提要 本书由10个教学单元组成,每个单元对应美国历史演进的不同阶段;编者在每个历史阶段中精心挑选出2—4个文化关键词并——给予较为详细的阐释;同时,每个文化关键词阐释后辅以3~5篇相关文章或选段;这些文章形式多样,有历史文献、名人演讲、歌曲、名家小说,以及学术论著和评论选段等;其內容覆盖领域广泛,所表达的內容和思想有相当的深度,能很好地帮助学生透过历史的表象了解各时段的文化核心,拓宽学生的文化视野,促进学生对芙国历史文化发展脉络理解的深入。此外,本书每篇文章后还设计了数个有一定难度的问题供学生在课堂上讨论;这些问题不仅可以帮助教师检验学生对文章內容的理解,而且还可锻炼学生的思辨、陈述的表达能力。 本书编写新颖,将历史与文化知识相融合并用时代关键词的形式加以梳理,读者可通过每单元前的关键词把握该单元的主题。 目录 Unit One Colonial Period Key Words Text One The Mayflower Compact Text Two Leah and Rachel, Or, the Two Fruitful Sisters: Virginia and Mary-land Text Three What Is an American? Text Four Poor Richard's AlmanacUnit Two Revolutionary Period Key Words Text One The Declaration of Independence Text Two The Crisis Text Three The Spirit of Liberty Unit Three The Westward Expansion Key Words Text One Who Is There to Mourn for Logan? Text Two The Significance of the Frontier on the National Character Text Three Self-reliance Text Four Where I Lived and What I Lived for Text Five Woman in the Nineteenth CenturyUnit Four The Civil War Key Words Text One The Life of Olaudah Equiano Text Two Negro Slavery Text Three Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural AddressUnit Five Reconstruction and the Rise of Industrialization Key Words Text One The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today Text Two The American Unit Six World War I Key Words Text One The New Nationalism Text Two Sister Carrie Unit Seven Post-World War I and the Great Depression Key Words Text One The Great Gaty Text Two A Farewell to Arms Text Three Brother, Can You Spare Me a Dime?Unit Eight World War II Key Words Text One Quarantine Speech Text Two The Indispensable OppositionUnit Nine Post-World War II Key Words Text One Howl Text Two Opinion in the Case of Brown vs. Board of Education of, Topeka Text Three Where Do We Go from Here? Text Four The Feminine Mystique Unit Ten Contemporary Key Words Text One Addresseefore the Congress Following the Moon Landing Text Two September 11: Before and AfterBibliographyAppendix 作者介绍
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