UK 2
Unit 1 Who are the British? 2
Unit 2 The UK Government and how the British vote 8
Unit 3 The British worker—wealth from the sea 13
Unit 4 The British out of doors 18
Unit 5 British English—and the languages of the UK 23
USA 30
Unit 6 How the USA grew 30
Unit 7 The American people 35
Unit 8 Working and getting to work in an industrial superpower 40
Unit 9 Americans at play 45
Unit 10 How the Americans talk English 50
Canada 56
Unit 11 The making of Canada 56
Unit 12 People and government of Canada 60
Unit 13 Life and industry in Canada's far north 64
Unit 14 The Canadian sportsman,odd man out? 69
Unit 15 Canadian English—how different is it from American? 72
Australasia 79
Unit 16 The discovery of Australia and New Zealand 79
Unit 17 People and government 84
Unit 18 The riches of new lands 89
Unit 19 Enjoying oneself Down Under 94
Unit 20 The language Down Under 100
Caribbean 106
Unit 21 The islands of the Caribbean 106
Unit 22 The people and the outside world 110
Unit 23 West Indian islands—how they earn foreign currency 115
Unit 24 Cricket!Lovely cricket! 120
Unit 25 How the Caribbean islanders speak 125
Africa 130
Unit 26 From colony to freedom—North and West Africa 130
Unit 27 Freedom for some—in East,Central and Southern Africa 134
Unit 28 Oil and cocoa,tea and coffee 139
Unit 29 Sport in Africa 144
Unit 30 A multitude of languages 149