现代美国社会与文化 第1卷PDF电子书下载

Introduction 1

Unit 1 On Culture—Basic Concepts for the Study of Societies 1

1．Basic Concepts of Culture 2

2．Culture 7

Unit 2 Basic Facts about the U.S.A. 15

3．The Land，the People，Natural Resources 16

4．America：A Look at the People 21

5．Here They Come！ 24

Unit 3 American Values and Characteristics 31

6．Basic American Values and Beliefs 32

7．Values and Social Problems：A Consensus View 37

8．American Values at the Crossroads 42

9．Americans—as Other People See Them 47

Unit 4 Social Classes 55

10．A Classless Society？ 56

11．Inequality in the United States 62

12．The New-Collar Class 69

Unit 5 The Economy—Overview and Historical Perspectives 77

13．How the United States Economy Works：an Overview 78

14．The World of American Business 84

15．Some Historical Perspectives on the American Economy：1830—1930 89

16．From Riches to Rags 93

Unit 6 Corporations，Big Business 101

17．The Development of Giant Corporations 102

18．Corporations，Profits and Advertising 109

19．Corporate Power and Military Corruption 110

20．The Stock Market 114

Unit 7 Labor and the Workers 121

21．Labor’s Contribution 122

22．Labor Day and the American Worker 125

23．Work and Alienation 128

24．Work on the Auto Assembly Line 133

Unit 8 Agriculture and the Farmers 137

25．Agriculture：An Overview 138

26．The New American Farmer 143

27．Hard Pressed Farmers 147

Unit 9 The Family 153

28．American Family Life 154

29．The Changing American Family（Ⅰ） 157

30．The Changing American Family（Ⅱ） 160

31．One-Parent Family：The Troubles and the Joys 167

32．Violent Families 173

Unit 10 Education 177

33．American Education：Philosophy，Methods，Problems，Goals 178

34．Education and Equality 182

35．The Classroom Computers 187

36．Advice That Can Help You Succeed on Campus 189

Unit 11 Religion 195

37．Religion 196

38．Religion in American Life 200

39．The Strange World of Cults 204

Unit 12 Mass Media 211

40．News and Entertainment Media 212

41．Spreading the News 216

42．A Disturbing Journalistic Trend 228

Appendix Ⅰ The United States of America 233

Appendix Ⅱ Regions of the United States 234

Appendix Ⅲ Products of the United States 235

Appendix Ⅳ The States 236