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BK

London : Longman, 1990

11, 180 s.

ISBN 0-582-01838-2 (brož.)

Popsáno podle 3. dotisku 1990

000054653

Zkrácený záznam

INTRODUCTION // CHAPTER 1 ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC 1 A Single Culture 2 The Main Regions 3 Climate // CHAPTER 2 THE PEOPLE AND THEIR ORIGINS 1 The Beginnings 2 The Century of Massive Settlement: 1820-1920 3 Immigration since 1920 // CHAPTER 3 THE AMERICAN IDENTITY 1 The Europeans 2 American Indians 3 Black Americans 4 Hispanics 5 Asians 6 A People on the Move // CHAPTER 4 THE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT 1 General Principles 2 The Federal Constitution 3 Interpretation of the Constitution 4 Extracts from the Constitution // CHAPTER 5 PARTIES AND ELECTIONS 63 // 1 Elections 63 // 2 The Parties 64 // 3 Choosing the Candidates 67 // 4 Election of the President 68 // 5 Elections for Congress 73 // CHAPTER 6 HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS 79 // 1 The Balance 79 // 2 The President at Work 81 // 3 Congress at Work 83 // CHAPTER 7 STATES. CITIES AND SUBURBS 91 // 1 Slate Governments 91 // 2 Cities and Suburbs 92 // 3 City and Metropolitan Problems 93 // CHAPTER 8 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 99 // 1 The Economy // 2 Late Twentieth-Century Capitalism 100 // 3 Equality ?2 // 4 Social Security and Poverty 105 // 5 Health 107 // 6 Maladjustments 109 // 7 Women ? // CHAPTER 9 COURTS. LA WS AND CRIME 119 // 1 The Legal System 119 // 2 Crime and Punishment 120 // 3 Murder and the Death Penalty 121 // 4 Gun Control 123 // CHAPTER 10 EDUCATION 127 // 1 Primary and Secondary Schools 127 // 2 Higher Education 131 // IV // CHAPTER 11 RELIGION 139 // 1 Protestants 140 // 2 Catholics 144 // 3 Mormons 144 // 4 Moslems 146 // 5 Jews 146 // 6 Quakers 146 // CHAPTER 12 PRIVA ?? UFE 151 // 1 Home 151 // 2 Outside the Home 153 // 3 Sport 154 // 4 Holidays 157 // CHAPTER 13 COMMUNICATIONS 159 // 1 Travel 159 // 2 Postal Services and Telephones 163 // 3 Radio, Television and the Press 165 // CHAPTER 14 AMERICA AND THE WORLD 173