Part One 3
The United States 3
Chapter Ⅰ．Geographical Features and Natural Resources 3
Chapter Ⅱ．American Population 16
Chapter Ⅲ．Discovery and Colonization of the New World 24
Chapter Ⅳ．American Revolution 36
Chapter Ⅴ．The Confederation and the Constitution 51
Chapter Ⅵ．American Expansion and the Civil War 61
Chapter Ⅶ．Reconstruction and the Birth of the US Imperialism 72
Chapter Ⅷ．World War I and the Depression 85
Chapter Ⅸ．America During and After World War Ⅱ 100
Chapter Ⅹ．The Federal System and Congress 114
Chapter Ⅺ．The President and the Judiciary 124
Chapter Ⅻ．Political Parties and Elections 135
Chapter ⅩⅢ．Education 145
Chapter ⅩⅣ．Mass Media 152
Chapter ⅩⅤ．American Family and Character 163
Chapter ⅩⅥ．Religion in the United States 169
Part Two 187
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter Ⅰ．Geographical Features and Natural Resources 187
Chapter Ⅱ．Population of the United Kingdom 200
Chapter Ⅲ．The Origins of a Nation 210
Chapter Ⅳ．Feudal England 223
Chapter Ⅴ．England Under the Tudors 241
Chapter Ⅵ．The Bourgeois Revolution 256
Chapter Ⅶ．Hanoverian England and Industrial Revolution 272
Chapter ⅩⅢ．Party Politics and Colonial Expansion 285
Chapter Ⅸ．Britain in the Two World Wars 299
Chapter Ⅹ．British Monarchy and Government 311
Chapter Ⅺ．Parliament and Judicial System 321
Chapter Ⅻ．Political Parties and Election 332
Chapter ⅩⅢ．Education 344
Chapter ⅩⅣ．Mass Media 355
Chapter ⅩⅤ．British Family Life,Character and Customs 366
Chapter ⅩⅥ．Religion in the United Kingdom 375
附录1 美国主要节日简介 382
附录2 英国主要节日简介 387
附录3 美国概况主要专有名词 391
附录4 英国概况主要专有名词 399