美国历史文化概况 英文版PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 Colonization and Independence 1

Text A British Colonization(1607-1776) 1

Text B The Road to Independence(1763-1783) 9

Supplementary Reading The Issue of Representation 15

Unit 2 Territory and Environment 19

Text A Introduction to Territory and Environment of the United States 19

Text B Extremes and Natural Disasters in the U.S.A. 24

Supplementary Reading The Mississippi River 28

Unit 3 Westward Expansion 33

Text A Territorial Expansion 33

Text B Life on the Frontier 41

Supplementary Reading The Underground Railroad 48

Unit 4 Civil War and Abraham Lincoln 53

Text A American Civil War 53

Text B Abraham Lincoln and His Speech 59

Supplementary Reading O Captain!My Captain! 65

Unit 5 Two World Wars 69

Text A America during and after World War Ⅰ 69

Text B America during and after World War Ⅱ 75

Supplementary Reading Pearl Harbor Speech 82

Unit 6 The Great Depression and the New Deal 85

Text A Introduction to the Great Depression 85

Text B Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address 91

Supplementary Reading Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat—"The Banking Crisis" 98

Unit 7 Laws and Rules 103

Text A The Law of the United States 103

Text B Declaration of Independence 107

Supplementary Reading The Constitution of the United States of America 112

Unit 8 Sports and Figures 117

Text A The National Basketball Association 117

Text B Michael Jeffrey Jordan 125

Supplementary Reading Sports in the United States 130

Unit 9 Art，Literature，and Architecture 135

Text A Visual Arts and Architecture of the U.S.A. 135

Text B Mark Twain 140

Supplementary Reading Pearl S.Buck 145

Unit 10 Music，Dance and Film 149

Text A Michael Joseph Jackson：A Super Star 149

Text B The Oscars 156

Supplementary Reading "Take Me Home，Country Roads" 164

Unit 11 Science and Technology 169

Text A Lyndon B.Johnson Space Center 169

Text B Endeavour 176

Supplementary Reading Unmanned Military Space Planes Ushering in New Weaponry Era 183

Unit 12 Holidays and Celebrations 187

Text A Thanksgiving Day 187

Text B Independence Day 195

Supplementary Reading Christmas Day 200

Unit 13 Famous Cities and Sightseeing 209

Text A Washington，D.C. 209

Text B New York City 220

Supplementary Reading Yellowstone National Park 230

Unit 14 American Black 233

Text A African Americans 233

Text B Martin Luther King，Jr. 242

Supplementary Reading Barack Obama 246

Unit 15 Religions and Faith 255

Text A Puritans in the North America 255

Text B Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter 261

Supplementary Reading The Revelation of The Scarlet Letter 270

Unit 16 Foreign Relations 279

Text A Foreign Policy of the United States 279

Text B America's Pacific Century 285

Supplementary Reading New Aspects in U.S.Asia-Pacific Strategy 292

References 295