●I. Geography and People 1
●1.1 The Land 2
●1.2 The People 9
●1.2.1 The "Melting Pot" 9
●1.2.2 Population and Settlement 11
●1.2.3 Religion 13
●II. History 16
●2.1 America in the Colonial Era 16
●2.2 The War of Independence 18
●2.3 The Civil War 20
●2.4 America in the 20th Century 22
●2.5 America in the 21st Century 31
●III. Government, Congress and Legal System 34
●3.1 Constitution 34
●3.2 Government 36
●3.2.1 The Legislature 37
●3.2.2 The Executive 39
●3.2.3 Political Parties 42
●3.2.4 Election 44
●3.3 The Legal System 47......
內容簡介
本書旨在提高中小學英語教師對英語國家文化與國情的了解,也適合一般英語及英語文化愛好者閱讀。主要包括幾個主要的英語國家的社會、歷史、地理、政治、經濟、文化等的概況,配以精美的插圖。語言地道簡單。