英美概况

《英美概况》于1988年修订过一次，1995年根据需要再次修订。第三版修订仍沿用第一、二版的基本框架，仍采用先英后美的顺序，以时空概念为坐标，内容以树状结构组合，横向展开英美社会的方方面面，纵向追溯其运动轨迹。纵横结合，互相补充。恰如影像中使用的变焦距和摇镜头技巧，既可以沿纵向轴线远近移动，又可以根据需要横向展开，这样一纵一横，需要讲述的内容也就各入其位了。 这次修订仍采用先英后美的顺序。美国的前身是英国人建立的殖民地，时间长达150年之久，美国人价值观、政体、法律和主流文化都受英国很大影响，因此，讲述英国就是直接或间接地为讲述美国社会做准备。

Contents Volume One Great Britain Chapter One Panoramic View Section One The Country and the People Section Two The British Government Section Three Politics and Law Section Four National Economy and Cities Section Five Cultural and Sociol Life chapter Two English History Section One Origin of the English Nation Section Two Great Charterand Beginning of Parlia- ment Section Three Decline of Feudalism in England Section Four Bourgeoisie Section Five Section Six The Tudor Monarchy and the Rising Reformation in England The English Bourgeois Revolution Section Seven The Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement Section Eight The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Volume Two America Chapter One Panoramic View Section One The United States and its Natural Condi- tions Section Two American People Section Three Goverriment and Politics ( 1 ) Section Four Government and Politics( 1 ) Section Five National Economy( 1 ) Section Six National Economy( 1 ) Section Seven Family and Social Life Chapter Two American History Section One The Thirteen English-American Colonies Section Two The War of Independence Section Three Appearance of the American Constitut- ion and the Washington Administration Section Four America During the First Half of the 19th Century-Era of Expansion Section Five The Civil War Section Six America After Civil War-Development and Foreign Aggression Section Sevcn America during and after World War 1 Section Eight America during and after the Second World War Supplementary Material for Reference Section one An Outline Introduction to American Literature( 1600-1985) Supplementary Materials Papers Radio and Television Secrion Two The Ancient Mediterranean World and the Origin of European Civilization Section Three Appearance and Development of Christi- anity Section Four The U. S. Passport and Immigration Section Five Investment: A Basic Glossary Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain Frime Ministers of Gr-eat Britain Presidents of the U. S