In many ways, A panoramic History of American Civilization by Dr. Wei is a similar attempt in the same direction. As the author indicates in the Postscripts, the textbook, among other things, is also intended to help the Chinese students to acquire and improve their English language skills, not so much through learning of English itself, but through the study of American Civilization. What makes this textbooks stands out among a pile of similar textbooks is not just the subject matter it deals with, but rather the way in which the author approaches his work- singling out the most important historical events and political figures in American history and discussing their contributions to the making of American civilization. The merit of such an approach is, at least, twofold.……

Chapter 1 The Discovery of America

Chapter 2 The British American society

Chapter 3 The American Nationality

Chapter 4 The Declaration of Independence

Chapter 5 The US Constitution

Chapter 6 Manifest Destiny

Chapter 7 A House Divided

Chapter 8 The civil War

Chapter 9 The Gilded Age

Chapter 10 The First World War

Chapter 11 The Great Depression

Chapter 12 The Second World War

Chapter 13 The Cold War

Chapter 14 The Vietnam War

Chapter 15 The End of The Cold war

Vocabulary

Postscript

Bibliography

Index