The aim of this book is to tell in a simple and concise form the story of the founding and development of the United States. The study of the history of one's own country is a serious matter,and should be entered upon by the text-book writer, by the teacher, and by the pupil in a serious spirit,even to a greater extent than the study of language or of arithmetic. No effort has been made, therefore,to make out of this text-book a story book. It is a text-book pure and simple, and should be used as a text-book, to be studied diligently by the pupil and ex...《美國(guó)歷史(英漢雙語版)》是美國(guó)哈佛大學(xué)著名歷史學(xué)教授愛德華?錢寧專為美國(guó)學(xué)生撰寫的一本關(guān)于美國(guó)歷史的權(quán)威教材,它對(duì)此后的美國(guó)歷史教科書產(chǎn)生了不朽的影響。全書從歐洲人發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲開始,重點(diǎn)講述了1600~1900期間300年的美國(guó)歷史。作者試圖通過《美國(guó)歷史》“喚起學(xué)生對(duì)歷史的熱愛,而不是死記大量軼事”,因?yàn)橛行┹W事沒有多大重要性,有的又基于不可靠的資料?!睹绹?guó)歷史》全書分15篇,共45章,歸納了485個(gè)知識(shí)要點(diǎn),對(duì)學(xué)生把握全書的脈絡(luò)與歷史線索很有幫助。 《美國(guó)歷史》采用英漢雙語形式出版,中文只是作為內(nèi)容和閱讀形式的一種補(bǔ)充,每章之后配有相應(yīng)的練習(xí)題和教師建議。對(duì)國(guó)內(nèi)學(xué)生來講,這套書也是一本很好的英語學(xué)習(xí)讀本。配合英文朗讀,對(duì)提升英語水平一定更有幫助。
The aim of this book is to tell in a simple and concise form the story of the founding and development of the United States. The study of the history of one's own country is a serious matter,and should be entered upon by the text-book writer, by the teacher, and by the pupil in a serious spirit,even to a greater extent than the study of language or of arithmetic. No effort has been made, therefore,to make out of this text-book a story book. It is a text-book pure and simple, and should be used as a text-book, to be studied diligently by the pupil and expounded carefully by the teacher.(展開)