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Part 0ne An Introduction to Great Britain
Lesson 1 Geography:The Land
Lesson 2 Geography:The People
Lesson 3 British Economy
Lesson 4 Political System:Parliament and Government
Lesson 5 Political System:Party Politics and Judiciary
Lesson 6 History:Early Man and the Feudal Society
Lesson 7 History:Decline of Feudalism and the Bourgeois Revolution
Lesson 8 History:The Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement
Lesson 9 History:The British Empire and Britain in Two World
Wars and Post—War Periods
Lesson 10 Education in Britain
Key to Exercises
Part Two An IntrOductiOn to the United States
Lesson 11 Geography:The Land
Lesson 12 Geography:The People
Lesson 13 American Economy
Lesson 14 Political System:Government
Lesson 15 Political System:State Government and Party Politics
Lesson 16 History:The Early Colonization
Lesson 17 History:American Revolution
Lesson 18 History:American Civil War
Lesson 19 History:US Imperialism
Lesson 20 American Education
Key to Exercises
APPENDIX I
I.Outstanding Events in English History
Ⅱ.The List of Kings of England
Ⅲ.Counties of Great Britain.
Ⅳ.Territories of Great Britain
V.British Commonwealth of Nations
APPENDIXⅡ
I.Fifty States of the United States
II.The Ten Great Interest Groups in the United States
Ⅲ.Outstanding Events in American History
IV.The List of Presidents of the United States
Bibliography