Contents 1
Volume One Great Britain 1
Chapter One Panoramic View 1
Section One The Country and the People 1
Section Two The British Government 25
Section Three Politics and Law 43
Section Four National Economy and Cities 59
Section Five Cultural and Social Life 85
Chapter Two English History 105
Section One Origin of the English Nation 105
Section Two Great Charter and Beginning of Parlia-ment 117
Section Three Decline of Feudalism in England 129
Section Four The Tudor Monarchy and the Rising Bourgeoisie 139
Section Five Reformation in England 152
Section Six The English Bourgeois Revolution 167
Section Seven The Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement 182
Section Eight The Rise and Fall of the British Empire 199
Volume Two America 214
Chapter One Panoramic View 214
Section One The United States and its Natural Condi-tions 214
Section Two American People 241
Section Three Government and Politics（Ⅰ） 270
Section Four Government and Politics（Ⅱ） 283
Secticn Five National Economy（Ⅰ） 309
Section Six National Economy（Ⅱ） 325
Section Seven Family and Social Life 344
Chapter Two American History 363
Section One The Thirteen English—American Colonies 363
Section Two The War of Independence 387
Section Three Appearance of the American Constitut-ion and the Washington Administration 408
Section Four America During t he First Half of the 19th Century—Era of Expansion 426
Section Five The Civil War 445
Section Six America After Civil War—Development and Foreign Aggression 465
Section Seven America during and after World War I 486
Section Eight America during and after the Second World War 505
Supplementary Material for Reference 531
Section one An Outline Introduction to American Literature（1600—1985） 531
Supplementary Materials Papers Radio and Television ………………………………………………………（）Section Two The Ancient Mediterranean World and the Origin of European Civilization 570
Section Three Appearance and Development of Christi-anity 588
Section Four The U．S．Passport and Immigration 599
Section Five 609
Investment：A Basic Glossary 609
Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain 614
Prime Ministers of Great Britain 617
Presidents of the U．S． 624