《新编英美概况(第4版)》主要有以下特点:(1)知识介绍连贯系统,**突出,详略得当;(2)语言叙述简练准确,通俗易懂,图文并茂;(3)各章注释以提供背景知识为主,且大多是普通词典不易查到的内容;(4)练习中的选择题和填空题为各章知识**的浓缩,可用来检测学习者对知识的掌握情况;(5)练习中的讨论题,注重培养学生分析和解决问题的能力,以及英语表达能力;(6)章节编排科学合理,方便实用。《新编英美概况(第4版)》使用对象主要是英语专业大学生、英语专业考研生、翻译硕士考研生、英语自学考试者、欲出国留学者和涉外工作人员。

part 0ne
the united states of america
chapter 1 geographical features and natural resources
1.location and geographical divisios
2.climate
3.natural resources
chapter 2 american population
1.composition of the us population
2.population distribution
3.internal migration
chapter 3 discovery and colonization of the new world
1.american india and great discoveries
2.colonization of the new world
3.governmental and social structures 0f the 13 cnlonies
chapter 4 american revolution
1.britain's policy to american colonies
2.the road to the revolution
3.the outbreak of war and the second continental congress
4.declaration of independence and the revolutionary war
chapter 5 the confederation and the co titution
1.articles of confederation
2.co titutional convention
3.opinio on the ratification issue
4.the new government and the louisiana purchase
5.the war of 1812
chapter 6 american expa ion and the civil war
1.monroe doctrine
2.westward movement
3.economic antagonism between north and south
4.the way to the civil war
5.civil war
chapter 7 reco t ruction and the bi rth of us imperiali sm
1.reco truction in the south
2.becoming a great industrial power
3.becoming an imperial power
chapter 8 world wariand the depression
1.world war
2.america’s entrance into the war
3.peace conference of 1919
4.era of prosperity and the coming of great depression
5.franklin roosevelt and his new deal
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part two
appendices
references

《新编英美概况(第4版)》1993年**出版后多次重印,被国内多所院校用做英美概况教材或英语专业考研参考书。2001年第1次修订,对部分章节内容进行了精简和调整,增强了该书的实用性。第2次修订,主要对一些知识内容进行了更新和增补;美国和英国部分分别增补了“宗教”一章,其目的是让读者对世界宗教,特别是英美**的宗教信仰状况有所了解。此次修订,笔者注意借鉴*新研究成果,合理吸收*新知识,插入了适当图表,使内容具有鲜明的时代特征。由许鲁之主编的本教材2008年被评为山东省高等学校**教材。