Part I Politics Unit I The Constitution 1. The Constitutional Convention 2. Features of the Constitution 3. The Fight for Ratification 4. The Theory Underlying the Constitution Unit 2 The Presidency and Presidential Election 1. The Presidency 2. Election 3. The Two Constitutional Presidencies Unit 3 The Congress 1. How Congress Is Organized 2. The Functions of Congress Unit 4 The Judiciary 1. Power and Structure of the Court 2. Distinguished Justices 3. Landmark Cases in American History Unit 5 Federal and State Governments 1. Federalism 2. The Bureaucracy 3. State Governments Unit 6 Political Parties 1. The Three Faces of a Party 2. Parties and Party System in American History 3. The Modem American Party System 4. Why Do Americans Have a Two-Party System？ Unit 7 Interest Groups 1. A Nation of Lobbyists 2. Major Interest Groups 3. The Fine Art of Lobbying Unit 8 Foreign Policy 1. History of United States Foreign Relations 2. The American Heritage in Foreign Affairs 3. Three Ideological Elements in American Foreign Policy Part II Economy Unit 9 Important Periods in American Economic Development 1. The Age of the Businessman 2. From Trust to Antitrust 3. The New Deal 4. The Post-WWII Economic System of the United States 5. The Conservative Era 6. New Economy Unit 10 Foreign Trade 1. Historical Survey of U.S. Trade Relations 2. From the Cold War to the Wired World: Trade Policy in the Clinton Era 3. Wassenaar Arrangement and the Future of Multilateral Export Control Part III Society Unit 11 Race and Ethnicity 1. Racism in the United States 2. The Rise--and Fall？---of Affirmative Action
3. The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority 4. Our Hispanic Predicament Unit 12 Religion 1. Religion in the United States 2. Introduction to a New America 3. Trends in U.S. Religion 4. Religion and American Political Culture Unit 13 Family 1. The Nature of Families 2. Changes in the U.S. Family 3. Child-Related Family Issues 4. Ethnic Diversity of U.S. Families Unit 14 Gender Inequality, Women's Liberation 1. Gender Inequality 2. Progress and Problems 3. Women's Liberation: A History and an Explanation 4. ERA and Beyond Unit 15 Social Welfare 1. The Evolution of America's Social Welfare Programs 2. Major U.S. Social Welfare Programs 3. Politics and Welfare Reform Part IV Culture and Education Unit 16 Philosophy 1. Classical American Philosophy 2. Dewey 3. American Philosophy Today Unit 17 American Values 1. Traditional American Values and Beliefs 2. American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword 3. The Myth of the Chosen Nation 4. A City Set upon a Hill Unit 18 Education 1. How America Expanded Education and Why It Mattered 2. Educational Structures: Their Organization and Operation 3. Perspectives on U.S. Education 4. Trends in U.S. Education Unit 19 News Media 1. American Media: An Overview 2. Values in the News Unit 20 Motion Pictures 1. Motion Pictures 2. Academy Awards and Three Oscar-Winning Movies in the Nineties 3. "A Major Presence in All of the World's Important Markets"--The Globalization of Hollywood in the 1990s Unit 21 Sports and American Culture 1. A Brief History of American Sport 2. Sports and American Values 3. Mobility Through Sport: Myth or Reality？ Unit 22 American Music 1. American Music Since 1900 2. Folk Music in the United States
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