美国文明英文教程

Chapter 1　The Discovery of America　1.1 Native American Civilization 　　1.2 Discovery of America(1492) 　　1.3 Spanish Adventures in the Americas(1500s) 　　1.4 The Spanish American Empire 　　　1.5 The English Reformation(1534)　　1.6 Raleigh's Roanoke Venture(1585)　　1.7 Defeat of the Spanish Armada(1588) 　Chapter 2　The British American society　2.1 The First British American Colony(1607) 　　2.2 Mayflower Compact(1620) 　　2.3 A City Upon a Hill(1630)　　2.4 Halfway Covenant(1662)　2.5 Founding of the Carolinas(1663)　　　2.6 Development of New York(1664)

Chapter 1　The Discovery of America　1.1 Native American Civilization 　　1.2 Discovery of America(1492) 　　1.3 Spanish Adventures in the Americas(1500s) 　　1.4 The Spanish American Empire 　　　1.5 The English Reformation(1534)　　1.6 Raleigh's Roanoke Venture(1585)　　1.7 Defeat of the Spanish Armada(1588) 　Chapter 2　The British American society　2.1 The First British American Colony(1607) 　　2.2 Mayflower Compact(1620) 　　2.3 A City Upon a Hill(1630)　　2.4 Halfway Covenant(1662)　2.5 Founding of the Carolinas(1663)　　　2.6 Development of New York(1664)　　2.7 The Holy Experiment of Pennsylvania(1681)Chapter 3　The American Nationality　3.1 Dominion of New England(1686—1689)　3.2 Witchcraft Trials in Salem(1692) 　　3.3 The Great Awakening(1730s—1740s) 　　　3.4 The French and Indian War(1754—1760) 　　3.5 The Proclamation of 1763 　　3.6 Repeal of the Stamp Act(1766)　　3.7 A Distinctive American Nationality　Chapter 4　The Declaration of Independence　4.1 The Boston Massacre(1770) 　　　4.2 The Boston Tea Party(1773) 　　4.3 Benjamin Franklin Dressed Down(1774) 　4.4 The First Continental Congress(1774) 　4.5 Common Sense(1776)Chapter 5　The US ConstitutionChapter 6　Manifest DestinyChapter 7　A House DividedChapter 8　The civil WarChapter 9　The Gilded AgeChapter 10　The First World WarChapter 11　The Great DepressionChapter 12　The Second World WarChapter 13　The Cold WarChapter 14　The Vietnam WarChapter 15　The End of The Cold warVocabularyPostscriptBibliographyIndex

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. For one thing, it allows the reader to get the hang of American civilization almost at on go, leading him/her directly to the discovery of America’s glorious but hard-won achievements in its civilization。 For another by piecing together all the key events that have helped shape the nation, the textbook manages to present before the reader a vivid pictures of the nation’s evolutionary process almost in its entirely-birth, growth, development and success。Anyone who takes a good look at it is sure to conjure up a clear mental map of American civilization right away。

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