Aspects Of Britain And Usa Student's Book (Intermediate)

Description: This title offers a panoramic view of the people, geography, history and institutions of Britain and the USA.
Contents: THE BRITISH PEOPLE; Facts and figures about the British; leisure and sport in Britain; young people in Britain; THE GEOGRAPHY OF BRITAIN; Physical geography; human geography; weather and climate; energy and natural resources; transport and communications; national production; BRITISH HISTORY; Pre-Norman Britain; Medieval England; Tudor England; the conflict between King and Parliament; the 18th Century; Victorian Britain; Britain's decline as a world power; Post-war reconstruction; the 60s and 70s; Britain and Ireland; the Thatcher revolution; BRITISH INSTITUTIONS; The Constitution; the Monarchy; the Legislature; the Executive; elections and political parties; the judiciary; trade unions; the media; education; religion; financial institutions; THE AMERICAN PEOPLE; Facts and figures about the Americans; leisure and sport in the USA; young people in the USA; the richest nation on earth; AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY; Physical geography; human geography; weather and climate; natural resources; transport and communications; national production; AMERICAN HISTORY; Pre-colonial America; Colonial America; American independence; 19th-century expansion; The War of Secession (1861-1865); industrialization and immigration; America and two World Wars; Post-war America; the Cold War; civil rights; Vietnam and Watergate; right-wing reconstruction; the end of the Cold War; AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS; The Constitution; the Presidency; Congress; elections and political parties; the federal judiciary; state government; the media; education; higher education; churches; trade unions; the Federal Reserve System; Wall Street; COMMERCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS; THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE