《新編英美概況(第4版)》1993年首次出版后多次重印,被國內(nèi)多所院校用做英美概況教材或英語專業(yè)考研參考書。2001年第1次修訂,對部分章節(jié)內(nèi)容進行了精簡和調(diào)整,增強了該書的實用性。第2次修訂,主要對一些知識內(nèi)容進行了更新和增補;美國和英國部分分別增補了“宗教”一章,其目的是讓讀者對世界宗教,特別是英美國家的宗教信仰狀況有所了解。此次修訂,筆者注意借鑒最新研究成果,合理吸收最新知識,插入了適當圖表,使內(nèi)容具有鮮明的時代特征。由許魯之主編的本教材2008年被評為山東省高等學校優(yōu)秀教材。
Part 0ne
The United States of America
Chapter 1 Geographical Features and Natural Resources
1.Location and Geographical Divisios
2.Climate
3.Natural Resources
Chapter 2 American Population
1.Composition of the US Population
2.Population Distribution
3.Internal Migration
Chapter 3 Discovery and Colonization of the New World
1.American India and Great Discoveries
2.Colonization of the New World
3.Governmental and Social Structures 0f the 13 Cnlonies
Chapter 4 American Revolution
Part 0ne
The United States of America
Chapter 1 Geographical Features and Natural Resources
1.Location and Geographical Divisios
2.Climate
3.Natural Resources
Chapter 2 American Population
1.Composition of the US Population
2.Population Distribution
3.Internal Migration
Chapter 3 Discovery and Colonization of the New World
1.American India and Great Discoveries
2.Colonization of the New World
3.Governmental and Social Structures 0f the 13 Cnlonies
Chapter 4 American Revolution
1.Britain'S Policy to American Colonies
2.The Road to the Revolution
3.The Outbreak of War and the Second Continental Congress
4.Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War
Chapter 5 The Confederation and the Co titution
1.Articles of Confederation
2.Co titutional Convention
3.Opinio on the Ratification Issue
4.The New Government and the Louisiana Purchase
5.The War of 1812
Chapter 6 American Expa ion and the Civil War
1.Monroe Doctrine
2.Westward Movement
3.Economic Antagonism Between North and South
4.The Way to the Civil War
5.Civil War
Chapter 7 Reco t ruction and the Bi rth of US Imperiali sm
1.Reco truction in the South
2.Becoming a Great Industrial Power
3.Becoming an Imperial Power
Chapter 8 World WarIand the Depression
1.World War
2.America’S Entrance into the war
3.Peace Conference of 1919
4.Era of Prosperity and the Coming of Great Depression
5.Franklin Roosevelt and His New Deal
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Part Two
Appendices
References