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American Life and Institutions
Az amerikai élet és az amerikai intézmények
Stuttgart
| Kiadó: | Ernst Klett Verlag |
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| Kiadás helye: | Stuttgart |
| Kiadás éve: | |
| Kötés típusa: | Ragasztott papírkötés |
| Oldalszám: | 144 oldal |
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| Nyelv: | Angol |
| Méret: | 24 cm x 17 cm |
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| Megjegyzés: | Színes és fekete-fehér fotókkal, illusztrációkkal. |
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Preface American Life and Institutions is an up-to-date introduction to the United States of America and her people. At an intermediate to advanced level of language difficulty, it provides an... TovábbElőszó
Preface American Life and Institutions is an up-to-date introduction to the United States of America and her people. At an intermediate to advanced level of language difficulty, it provides an integrative view of American society, history, economics, politics, média, and culture. Written with a predominantly European readership in mind, it challenges established ideas of what America is, documents current trends, and attempts to place in context the often fragmented information about the U.S. found in many textbooks and conveyed through the média. The volume is suitable, therefore, both as a classroom reader and as a reference work providing foundation for further study. The detailed index allows readers to locate information quickly, and less familiar terms are explained in the alphabetical vocabulary. The questions for discussion focus attention on important aspects of American life and institutions, and stimulate comparative, intercultural perspectives. The first chapter is an essential introduction. Each of the other nine is a self-contained unit, presenting one complete aspect of American society. These nine chapters need not be read in order. To distill the complex and rapidly changing nature of America and American life into a balanced survey is a daunting task. This is especially so as "what America is" is a question that has been continually argued for over two hundred years. The greatest appreciation is therefore given to those colleagues, American and European, and especially to Hartmut K. Selke, who lent their patient support, insights into things American, and critical intelligence. VisszaTartalom
ContentsI. In Search of America 5
This Land Is Your Land? - From California to the New
York Island - Measuring the Distance - They've All
Come to Look for America
II. WethePeople 14
A Nation of Immigrants - The "Average American" -
The "Melting Pot," the "Salad Bowl," and the "Pizza" -
Demographics: the Basic Picture - Native Americans -
Ancestry - Erica Ward - A Majority of Minorities? -
Changing Patterns of Immigration - Immigration Laws
- Why They Came, Why They Come - Religion: "One
Nation, Under God" - Prosperity and Poverty - Mobility: Moving West - Internál Migration: From Frost
Beit to Sun Beit - Urbanization - Crime - Gun Laws -
Changes
III. American Government 33
A New Nation - The Constitution and the Bili of Rights
- The American System of Government - Congress -
The President - The Federal Judiciary - Checks and
Balances - Political Parties - Elections - Federalism:
State and Local Governments - Special Interest Groups
- Political Attitudes
IV. Education 45
History - Control of Education - Goals of Education -
Higher Education - Elementary and Secondary Education - Standards - Aduit and Continuing Education -
Reform and Progress - "Functional Illiteracy"
V. Economy, Labor, and Welfare 58
Economy - The Environment - Labor - Welfare
VI. Transportation 70
Roads - Waterways - Railroads - The Railroad Today -
The Car Culture - Airplanes
VII. Media 80
Newspapers - News Agencies - Magazines - Books -
Radio and Television - "Formats"
VIII. Cultural Life in the United States 91
Culture in America or The Old New World - The
Historical Dimension - Transatlantic Routes - Changing Places - New York, New York - "Indiana's Musical
Mecca" - Film - Happy Birthday to You - American
Food: From Asparagus to Zucchini - An Older New
World
IX. Lifestyles 106
Typically American? - Howdy, Stranger - A Friend in
Need - May I Borrow Your Chainsaw? - Hello, I'm
Mary - Can't You Take a Joke ? - The Ordinary and the
Extraordinary - House and Home - Holidays
X.SportsandRecreation 118
All-American Sports? - Sports and Money - Leisure
Sports - Anything that Has Wheels - National Parks -
Vacations
References 127
Mapofthe United States 128
Questions for Discussion 130
Alphabetical Vocabulary and Glossary . . . 132
Index 143
List of States 144
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