PART ONE A SOCIETY OF DIVERSITY 3
Unit One Immigrants,Ethnic and Social Groups 3
Unit Two Industrialization and Urbanization 13
Unit Three Family,Social Problems,and Media 20
Unit Four Documents and Supplements 32
PART TWO IN SEARCH OF HISTORY 44
Unit One This Nation on This Land 44
Unit Two Expansion and Development 55
Unit Three Remaking of the World Order 64
Unit Four Documents and Supplements 75
PART THREE CULTURE AND VALUES 85
Unit One American Heritage and Cultural Values 85
Unit Two Cultural History and Cultural Patterns 96
Unit Three American Education 109
Unit Four Supplementary Reading 119
PART FOUR GOVERNMENT AND LAW 126
Unit One Political System and Policy-making 126
Unit Two Major Parties and Many Governments 136
Unit Three A Review of American Foreign Policies 143
Unit Four Law and Judiciary 152
Unit Five Documents and Discourses 159
PART FIVE DEVELOPMENT OF US ECONOMY 176
Unit One The Early Development 176
Unit Two Rapid Growth of the Postwar Economy 186
Unit Three Review of American Economy 196
Unit Four Documents and Discourses 206