《主要英语国家概况》为《求知高等学校英语专业系列教材》之一。本书以英美两国的历史、文化为主，并简单介绍加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰的历史及现状。全书共31章，每章开头列出了关键词，提纲挈领，章节末设有思考题，让学生在练习中进一步掌握全书脉络，温故而知新。每章最后还安排有补充阅读材料，并提供了进一步检索资料的网址，以培养学生的自学能力，同时激发学生深入学习的兴趣。本书的独到之处在于，采用了最新资料编写，层次分明，详略得当，重点突出，并附有相关图片，让学生更好地理解各国的文化渊源和发展现状。
本书既可供英语专业学生使用，又可作为英语中高级读物，供具有一定基础的英语自学者和英语爱好者使用。
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter 1 Land and People
Chapter 2 Economy
Chapter 3 Politics and Society
Chapter 4 Government
Chapter 5 Education
Chapter 6 Culture and Religion
Chapter 7 Roman Britain and the Anglo-Saxons
Chapter 8 England in the Middle Ages (1066 -1485)
Chapter 9 England under the Tudors (1485 - 1603)
Chapter 10 The Stuarts and the Bourgeois Revolution
Chapter 11 The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 12 The Victorian Age and the Rising of the Second Empire
Chapter 13 Britain in the 20th Century
Canada
Chapter 14 Canada Today
Chapter 15 Canada History
The United States of America
Chapter 16 Land and People
Chapter 17 Economy
Chapter 18 Family and Society
Chapter 19 Government
Chapter 20 Education
Chapter 21 Culture and Religion
Chapter 22 Colonial America
Chapter 23 The American Revolution
Chapter 24 Expansion and the Civil War
Chapter 25 The Gilded Age
Chapter 26 The Two World Wars and the Great Depression
Chapter 27 The United States after World War Ⅱ
Australia
Chapter 28 Australia Today
Chapter 29 Australian History
New Zealand
Chapter 30 New Zealand Today
Chapter 31 New Zealand History
Index
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