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《美國社會與文化》旨在幫助英語專業學生和英語讀者瞭解美國社會與文化的概貌。同時,學生通過閱讀課文、完成各種練習,可達到提高英語水平的目的。
《美國社會與文化》凝聚全國英語專業教學指導委員會主任何其莘教授數十年教學、科研及教材編寫經驗,是何其莘教授的又一次自我超越。
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《美國社會與文化》凝聚全國英語專業教學指導委員會主任何其莘教授數十年教學、科研及教材編寫經驗,是何其莘教授的又一次自我超越。
匯集眾多中美名傢的經驗與智慧,吸收國際先進理念,全書旨在提升本土教學水平。
本書打破以功能為主的傳統教材編寫模式,充分考慮當前教學實踐,創新教學方法和手段,突破文化特徵,培養學生人文素養和文化意識。
作者簡介
王建平,中國人民大學外國語學院英語係教授、博士生導師,世界美國學會(ASA)理事; 中華美國學會理事; 美國研究聯絡會(ASN)理事。研究方嚮:美國文學與文化、當代西方文化批評。著有《當代西方文論》,《全球化與世紀之交的中美關係》,《美國戰後中國學》等。
目錄
Chapter One System of Government
Chapter Two The Co titution and the Amendments
Chapter Three Political Parties and Interest Groups
Chapter Four Campaig and Electio
Chapter Five The Federal Judiciary
Chapter Six Domestic Economy
Chapter Seven Social Welfare
Chapter Eight Immigration and Dive ity
Chapter Nine Race and Ethnicity
Chapter Ten Religion and Religious Beliefs
Chapter Eleven Education
Chapter Twelve Print Media
Chapter Thirteen Electronic Media
Chapter Fourteen The Film Industry
Chapter Fifteen History of the United States (1776-1945)
Chapter Sixteen American Foreign Policy
Appendixes Selected Documents of American History
References
精彩書摘
As the United States press enters the twenty-first century, it faces an uncertain future.Newspapers represent a shrinking portion of the U.S. media dollar, with broadcasting gaining ground daily and the Internet representing a tremendous, unknown factor in the race for the media dollar in the next century. Convergence, the buzzword of media seminars in recent years,offers newspapers both new opportunity and a radically different way of thinking about and covering the news.
As the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, proved, the United States media will not stay comfortably isolated from the problems of the rest of the world. The demand for international news is as high in 2002 as it ever has been, and news organizations are facing a new realization that they have an obligation to report compelling stories about the rest of the world—not just
to boost readership, but because readers have a need to understand the world around them. The proportion of international news found in newspapers continues to climb, and journalists continue to search for new ways to tell their stories.
Newspapers remain in many ways the same medium they always have been,concerned with providing their readers a mix of local, national, and international news, tempered with light relief in the form of columns, features, and comics. But more and more newspapers are finding it necessary and useful to fulfill their obligations to their communities by becoming more vocal in their editorial columns, calling on their readers for ideas and participation in seminars and other media-run events, and spending more time analyzing and explaining the news, instead of just reporting it. As the world becomes more complex, newspapers face a greater challenge to explain that world and to guide readers through it in an intelligible fashion. Newspapers in the next century will become much more than clearinghouses of information. They will become guides totheir communities and once again become strong voices in the leadership of their communities and their nation.
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