新编英美概况教程

图书标准信息

• 作者 周叔麟 编
• 出版社 北京大学出版社
• 出版时间 2004-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787301070154
• 定价 35.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 350页
• 字数 581千字
• 正文语种 简体中文，英语

【内容简介】

　　ASurveyoftheUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStatesofAmericaisacollectionofarticleswrittenbyAmerican，BritishandChineseprofessorsintherelatedfields.Itcoversmanytopicsincludingphilosophy，history，geography，politics，economy，education，cultureandsociety.Whiletheinformationisauthenticandup-to-date，thelanguage，beingtailoredtotheneedsoflearnersofEnglish，iseasytoread，andeventoremember.Attheendofeachchapter，therearequestionsofferedforreflectionordiscussion，andnotesprovidedforbetterunderstanding.Whenreadingthechapters，learnerscannotonlygainknowledgebutimprovetheirEnglishproficiency.

【目录】

CHAPTER1PHILOSOPHYOFWESTERNCIVILIZATION

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡGreekRationalism

ⅢTheMiddleAges

ⅣTheRenaissance

ⅤModernPhilosophy

ⅥModernPhilosophicalTrends

ⅦSummary

CHAPTER2GEOGRAPHYOFTHEUNITEDKINGDOM

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡGeneralCharacteristicsoftheUnitedKingdom

ⅢWater:TheKeyGeographicalFeature

ⅣGeographicalHistory

ⅤSurfaceFeaturesandGeography--byPoliticalRegion

ⅥCurrentSituation

ⅦCommonwealth

CHAPTER3HISTORYOFTHEUNITEDKINGDOM

ⅠPrehistorytotheNormanConquest

ⅡTheMakingofaNation:From:theNormanConquesttotheRenaissance

ⅢTheTudors:SeaPowerandProtestantism

ⅣFoundingoftheBritishEmpire

ⅤEnglandinRevolution:RepresentativeandConstitutionalGovernment

ⅥEnglandintheEighteenthCentury:TheAgeofReason

ⅦNapoleonicWarsandaCenturyofSlowReforms

ⅧNineteenthCenturyImperialism

ⅨTwentieth-CenturyEngland:CrisisofIdentity

Appendixes

CHAPTER4BRITISHECONOMY

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡHighlightsofBritainsEconomicDevelopment

ⅢBritainsProsperityToday

ⅣBritainsEconomicSystem:AUniqueMix

ⅤConsumerExpenditure

ⅥIndustrialStructureandOutput

ⅦInternationalTrade

ⅧTaxationandPublicSpending

ⅨEconomicPolicy

CHAPTER5BRITISHCULTURE

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡTheBritishPeople--GeneralTraits

ⅢEntertainment

ⅣConclusion

CHAPTER6BRITISHEDUCATION

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡMedieval

CHAPTER7GEOGRAPHYOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡEconomicActivities

ⅢRural,Suburban,andUrbanLivingPatterns

ⅣPhysiographicSubdivisionsoftheUnitedStates

ⅤSummary:TheUnitedStates--"ALandofContrasts"

CHAPTER8HISTORYOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡNativeAmericans

ⅢColonialNorthAmerica

ⅣTheFoundingoftheUnitedStates

ⅤFormingaNewNation

ⅥNationalismandtheEconomy

ⅦWestwardExpansion

ⅧTheIndustrialRevolutionandSocialReforms

ⅨTheAmericanCivilWarandReconstruction

ⅩIndustrialization,Capitalism,andMonopolies

ⅪTheUnitedStatesBecomesaWorldPower

ⅩⅡThePostWorldWarⅠPeriod

ⅩⅢWorldWarⅡ

ⅩⅣThePostWorldWarⅡPeriod:TheColdWar

ⅩⅤThePostWarPeriod:DomesticIssues

ⅩⅥConclusion

ⅩⅦAppendixes

CHAPTER9BRITISHANDAMERICANGOVERNMENTS

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡPolitics

ⅢPoliticalLegitimacy

ⅣAbsolutismandConstitutionalism

ⅤDemocracy

ⅥIndirectorRepresentativeDemocracy

ⅦElections

ⅧTheAssemblyModel

ⅨConclusion

Appendixes

CHAPTER10THEECONOMYOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

ⅠIntroductionandOverview

ⅡHistoryandGrowth

ⅢCommercialandNonprofitFirms

ⅣHouseholds

ⅤGovernmentandtheEconomy

ⅥInternationalTrade

ⅦProblemsandChallengesfortheUSEconomy

CHAPTER11AMERICANSOCIETY

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡIndividuals

ⅢFamilies

ⅣGroups

ⅤOrganizations

ⅦRaceandEthnicity

ⅧOtherSocialIssues

ⅨSocialChangesandGlobalConnections

CHAPTER12AMERICANCULTURE

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡMaterialismandtheMassMedia

ⅢIndividualStyleandPersonalRitesofPassage

ⅣManners

ⅤFoodandMeals

ⅥHousing

ⅦPets

ⅧLeisureActivities

ⅨHolidays

ⅩAmericanValues

CHAPTER13EDUCATIONINTHEUNITEDSTATES

ⅠIntroduction

ⅡIssuesinAmericanBasicEducation

ⅢHigherEducation

ⅣConclusion

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