American Civilization (3rd ed)

American Civilization introduces all the important aspects of contemporary America to students of English language and American studies.

The themese surveyed include the people, settlement, immigration, women, minorities, political institutions, foreign policy, the legal system, economic and industrial institutions, social services, education, the media, religion and the arts, sports and leisure.

Each chapter consists of one theme and is structured with descriptive material and illustrations, a section on attitudes of American people towards the theme and exercises and essays at the end to test comprehension.

This third edition has been extensively revised and contains: * integration of the multicultural aspects of America * material on the South, and the African-American and Latino populations * integration of material on women throughout the text * an updated mass media chapter with more on I.T. , the internet and globalization * a chronology illustrating the major events in all topics covered * a combined chapter on the state, local government and the political system * full coverage of the 'frontier' concept * more material on attitudes to the death penalty, gun control etc * completely updated illustration.