美國歷史文化讀本（簡體書）

本書由10個教學單元組成，每個單元對應美國歷史演進的不同階段；編者在每個歷史階段中精心挑選出2—4個文化關鍵詞并——給予較為詳細的闡釋；同時，每個文化關鍵詞闡釋后輔以3～5篇相關文章或選段；這些文章形式多樣，有歷史文獻、名人演講、歌曲、名家小說，以及著名學術論著和評論選段等；其內容覆蓋領域廣泛，所表達的內容和思想有相當的深度，能很好地幫助學生透過歷史的表象了解各時段的文化核心，拓寬學生的文化視野，促進學生對芙國歷史文化發展脈絡理解的深入。此外，本書每篇文章后還設計了數個有一定難度的問題供學生在課堂上討論；這些問題不僅可以幫助教師檢驗學生對文章內容的理解，而且還可鍛煉學生的思辨、陳述的表達能力。
本書編寫新穎，將歷史與文化知識相融合併用時代關鍵詞的形式加以梳理，讀者可通過每單元前的關鍵詞把握該單元的主題。

Unit One Colonial Period
Key Words
Text One The Mayflower Compact
Text Two　Leah and Rachel, Or, the Two Fruitful Sisters: Virginia and Mary-land
Text Three What Is an American?
Text Four Poor Richards Almanac
Unit Two Revolutionary Period
Key Words
Text One　The Declaration of Independence
　Text Two　The Crisis
　Text Three The Spirit of Liberty
Unit Three The Westward Expansion
　Key Words
　Text One　Who Is There to Mourn for Logan?
　Text Two　The Significance of the Frontier on the National Character
　Text Three Self-reliance
　Text Four Where I Lived and What I Lived for
　Text Five　Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Unit Four　The Civil War
　Key Words
　Text One　The Life of Olaudah Equiano
　Text Two　Negro Slavery
　Text Three Abraham Lincolns First Inaugural Address
Unit Five Reconstruction and the Rise of Industrialization
　Key Words
　Text One　The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
　Text Two　The American
Unit Six World War I
　Key Words
　Text One　The New Nationalism
　Text Two　Sister Carrie
Unit Seven Post-World War I and the Great Depression
Key Words
　Text One　The Great Gatsby
　Text Two　A Farewell to Arms
　Text Three Brother, Can You Spare Me a Dime?
Unit Eight　World War II
　Key Words
　Text One　Quarantine Speech
　Text Two　The Indispensable Opposition
Unit Nine Post-World War II
　Key Words
　Text One　Howl
　Text Two　Opinion in the Case of Brown vs. Board of Education of, Topeka
　Text Three Where Do We Go from Here?
　Text Four The Feminine Mystique
Unit Ten Contemporary
　Key Words
　Text One　Addresses before the Congress Following the Moon Landing
　Text Two　September 11: Before and After
Bibliography
Appendix