本书内容主要包括英美两国的地理、历史、政体制度、教育、新闻媒体、风俗习惯、宗教信仰等。目的是通过学习，开阔学生的视野，扩大学生的知识面。

本书使用对象主要是英语专业大学生、英语自学考试者、英语专业考研生、欲出国留学者和涉外工作人员。

Part One The United States

 Chapter Ⅰ. Geographical Features and Natural Resources

    1. Location and Geographical Divisions

    2. Climate

    3. Natural Resources

 Chapter Ⅱ. American Population

 Chapter Ⅲ. Discovery and Colonization of the New World

 Chapter Ⅳ. American Revolution

 Chapter Ⅴ. The Confederation and the Constitution

 Chapter Ⅵ. American Expansion and the Civil War

 Chapter Ⅶ. Reconstruction and the Birth of US Imperialism

 Chapter Ⅷ. World War I and the Depression

 Chapter Ⅸ. America During and After World War

 Chapter Ⅹ. The Federal System and Congress

 Chapter Ⅺ. The President and the Judiciary

 Chapter Ⅻ. Political Parties and Elections

 Chapter ⅩⅢ. American Education

 Chapter ⅩⅣ. The Mass Media

 Chapter ⅩⅤ. American Family and Character

 Chapter ⅩⅥ. Religion in the United States

Part Two The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irland

 Chapter I. Geographical Features and Natural Resources

 Chapter Ⅱ. Population of the United Kingdom

 Chapter Ⅲ. The Origins of a Nation

 Chapter Ⅳ. Feudal England

 Chapter Ⅴ. England Under the Tudors

 Chapter Ⅵ. The Bourgeois Revolution

 Chapter Ⅶ. Hanoverian England and Industrial Revolution 

 Chapter Ⅷ. Party Politics and Colonial Expansion

 Chapter Ⅸ. Britain in the Two World Wars

 Chapter Ⅹ. British Monarchy and Government

 Chapter Ⅺ. Parliament and Judicial System

 Chapter Ⅻ. Political Parties and Election

 Chapter ⅩⅢ. Education

 Chapter ⅩⅣ. Muss Media

 Chapter ⅩⅤ. British Family Life, Character and Customs

 Chapter ⅩⅥ. Religion in the United Kingdom

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