本书以英美两国的历史、文化和国情现状为主,并简要介绍了加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰的历史及现状。全书共18章,每章开头列出了关键词,提纲挈领;每章后设有练习题,让读者在练习中进一步理解文化要点,掌握全书脉络,温故而知新。为了方便读者查询信息,本书末尾附有索引。
The United Kingdom of Great Britain
Chapter 1Land, People and Economy
1. Land /
2. People and Language /
3. Economy /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 2Government and Social Welfare
1. Government /
2. Political Parties /
3. Social Welfare /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 3Education, Culture and Religion
1. Education /
2. Culture /
3. Religion /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 4England up to the Middle Ages
1. Roman Britain and the AngloSaxons /
2. England in the Middle Ages (1066—1485) /
3. England under the Tudors (1485—1603) /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 5Revolutionary Britain
1. The Stuarts and the Bourgeois Revolution /
2. The “Glorious Revolution” /
3. The Industrial Revolution /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 6The United Kingdom after the Mid-19th Century
1. Economic Expansion and Reform /
2. Imperial Aggression and the Establishment of the Second Empire /
3. The Two World Wars and the Great Depression /
4. Postwar Development /
5. Foreign Policy after World WarⅡ /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
The United States of America
Chapter 7Land, People and Economy
1. Land /
2. People /
3. Economy /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 8Government and Society
1. Government /
2. Society /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 9Culture and Education1. Culture /
2. Religion /
3. Education /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 10Colonial America and the American Revolution
1. The Discovery of the New World and the Spanish Conquest /
2. English Colonies /
3. Colonial Development in the 18th Century /
4. The American Revolution /
5. The Creation of a New Nation /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 11The Civil War and the Gilded Age
1. Territorial Expansion /
2. Slavery and the Civil War /
3. Industrialization /
4. Imperialist Expansion /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 12The United States in the 20th Century
1. The Two World Wars and the Great Depression /
2. The United States after World War Ⅱ /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Canada
Chapter 13Canada Today
1. Geography /
2. Climate /
3. People and Major Cities /
4. Government /
5. Education /
6. Economy /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 14Canadian History
1. New France /
2. British North America /
3. The Creation of a Confederation /
4. The Two World Wars and the Great Depression /
5. Canada after World War Ⅱ /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Australia
Chapter 15Australia Today
1. Land and People /
2. Government /
3. Economy /
4. Education /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 16Australian History
1. Colonial Period /
2. The Rising of a Nation /
3. The World Wars and the Great Depression /
4. PostWar Development /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
New Zealand
Chapter 17New Zealand Today
1. Land and People /
2. Economy /
3. Government /
4. Education /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Chapter 18New Zealand History
1. British Colonization /
2. Economic Development in the 19th Century /
3. Maori Warfare and the Revival Movement /
4. The Two World Wars and the Great Depression /
5. Post-World War Ⅱ Development /
Glossary /
Questions to Think About /
Exercises /
Supplementary Reading /
Index