《高等学校英语专业教材：英语国家概况》介绍了英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、爱尔兰6个主要英语国家的概况，涵盖历史、地理、政治、经济、文化等方面。《高等学校英语专业教材：英语国家概况》内容丰富，编排新颖，在注重知识性的同时，融入任务型练习和拓展性训练。选材客观权威，注重数据更新，配有大量地图和图表，直观性强。引用最新的相关统计数据，介绍了各国，尤其是英美两国，在各个领域的最近发展。

Volume One The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter One Geography and Population
Part One Names and Position
Official and Geographical Names
Position

Part Two Geographical Features
The Highland Zone
The Lowland Zone

Part Three Climate
Features of Climate
Facto　Influencing Climate

Part Four Natural Resources
Minerals
Fisheries
Forests and Farmlands
Wate

Part Five The People
Origi　of the British Nationalities
Characteristics of the British People

Part Six Language
Official Language and Other Languages
History of the English Language

Part Seven Religio
Christianity
The Church of England
Other Denominatio
Exercises

Chapter Two Government and Politics
Part One Political System
Part Two The Co titution
Part Three The Monarch
Functio　of the Monarch
Act of Settlement
Elizabeth II

Part Four Parliament
The House of Commo
The House of Lords

Part Five The Cabinet
Functio　of the Cabinet
Two-Party System

Part Six The Judiciary
The Lord Chancellor
Law and Courts
Exercises

Chapter Three Education and Social Life
Part One Education
Types of Schools
Levels of Education
Part Two Social Welfare
Part Three Class Structure and Social Problems
Exercises

Chapter Four Economy and Major Cities
Part One Economic Profile
Part Two Structure of Eeonomy
The Primary Industries
The Secondary Industries
The Tertiary Industries

Part Three Major Cities
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Belfast
Exercises

Chapter Five History
Part One The Early and Medieval History
The Native Celts and the Roman Conquest
The Anglo-Saxon Conquest
The Viking Invasio
The Norman Conquest
Exercises

Part Two The Decline of Feudalism and the Rise of the English Bourgeoisie
Henry II and His Reforms
King John and the Great Charter
Beginning of Parliament
The Hundred Yea ' War
The Black Death
The Peasants' Revolt
The Wa　of the Roses
The New Monarchy
Renaissance in England
Exercises

Part Three English Bourgeoisie Revolution in the 17th Century
James I and the Parliament
Charles I
The Short Parliament and the Long Parliament
The Civil War
Restoration
The Glorious Revolution
Exercises

Part Four The Rise of the British Empire
The Industrial Revolution
The Chartist Movement
Queen Victoria and Her Time
Foreign Expa ion
Exercises

Part Five The Fall of the British Empire
Britain and World War I
Britain and World War II
Major Events After World War II
Co ervative in Power
Labour in Power
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Volume Two The United States of America
Volume Three The Commonwealth of Australia
Volume Four Canada
Volume Five New Zealand
Volume Six The Republic of Ireland
Appendix
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