Aspects of Britain and the USA - Brossura

Garwood, Christopher; Gardani, Guglielmo; Peris, Edda

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0194542459 ISBN 13: 9780194542456

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1992

Riassunto

A panoramic view of the people, geography, history and institutions of Britain and the USA.

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Descrizione del libro:

Lengua extranjera: inglés.Inglés. Material Complementario.

Contenuti:

• 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

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0194542459
• ISBN 13: 9780194542456
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96