Table des matières

• Page de titre
• American Civilization [about the book]
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Chronology of significant dates in American history
• Introduction
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 1. The country
  • Physical features and natural resources
    • Coastlines and river systems
    • Conservation and recreational areas
  • Climate
    • Rainfall
    • The seasons
  • The regions: cultural geography
    • Native-American cultural regions
    • Cultural regions in the contemporary US
      • The Northeast
      • The South
      • The Midwest
      • The West
  • Changing public attitudes: where do we go from here?
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 2. The people: settlement and immigration
  • Mother of exiles
  • Early encounters between Europeans and Native Americans
  • The founders
  • The first wave: colonial immigration, 1680-1776
  • The second wave: the old immigrants, 1820-1890
  • The third wave: new immigrants and immigration restriction, 1890-1930
  • Wartime policies: displaced persons and refugees
  • The fourth wave: 1965 to the present
  • Changing attitudes to immigration and policymaking
  • Patterns of internal migration in the American mosaic
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 3. The people: women and minorities
  • The reason for American women's and minority history
  • Women in America
    • The nineteenth century
    • The twentieth century
    • Evaluating the contemporary situation for women
  • Native Americans
    • Patterns formed in the colonial period
    • 1783-1860: conquest and removal
    • 1860-1934: war, concentration and forced assimilation
    • 1934-1970: tribal restoration and termination
    • The situation of Native Americans in recent history
  • African Americans
    • The contemporary situation for African Americans
  • Asian Americans
    • Early Asian immigration
    • Asian Americans today
  • Latinos
  • Attitudes to Latino America: the nation's largest immigrant subculture
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 4. Political institutions
  • Historical origins
  • The constitutional framework
    • Federalism
    • The separation of powers
    • Checks and balances
    • Constitutional change
  • The political parties
    • Differences between the parties
    • Party organization
    • Independent candidates and 'third' parties
  • The legislative branch
    • Differences between the chambers
    • Congressional organization
    • Powers and functions of Congress
    • The committee system
    • How a bill becomes an Act of Congress
    • Congressional elections
  • The executive branch
    • The Executive Office of the President
    • Qualifications for and powers of the presidency
    • Presidential elections
  • The judicial branch
    • Judicial review
  • Attitudes to branches of the federal government
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 5. State and local government
  • The place of state government in American federalism
  • The evolution of state government
  • The structure of state government
  • Local government
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 6. Foreign policy
  • A nation apart: American attitudes to world affairs
  • Major periods and trends in US foreign policy
    • Expansionism
    • 1914-1945: isolationism and internationalism
    • The Cold War Era and after: from 1946 to the present
  • The foreign policy establishment debate
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 7. The legal system
  • Legal history
  • Civil law and criminal law
  • The sources of US law
  • The court system
    • The federal court system
    • The state and local court system
  • Federal and state court proceedings
    • Criminal proceedings
    • Civil proceedings
  • The legal profession
    • The judiciary
    • Lawyers
  • Crime and punishment
    • Crime
    • Law enforcement
    • Rights of criminal suspects
    • The death penalty
    • Prisons
    • Gun control
    • Self-defence
  • Attitudes to the legal system
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Website
• Chapter 8. The economy
  • Economic history
  • American economic liberalism: theory and practice
  • Social class and economic inequality
  • The contemporary economy
    • Taxation and federal budgets
    • Features of the contemporary economy
    • The workforce
  • Industry and manufacturing
  • Service industries
  • Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
    • Agriculture
    • Forestry
    • Fisheries
  • Financial and industrial institutions
    • Corporations and entrepreneurs
    • Wall Street
    • The banking system
    • Federal Reserve System
    • Trade/labour unions
  • Attitudes to the economic system
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 9. Social services
  • Social services history
  • The organization of contemporary social services
  • Public social services
    • Social Security benefits
    • Welfare programmes
  • The needy and the poverty line
    • Single-parent families
  • Voluntary services
  • Health care
  • Housing
    • The homeless
  • Attitudes to social services
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 10. Education
  • American attitudes to education: high expectations
  • American educational history
    • The colonial period
    • Before the Civil War
    • 1865-1945
    • The post-war period
  • Elementary and secondary schools
    • Private elementary and secondary schools
  • Higher education
  • Recent problems and policy debates
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 11. The media
  • Media history
    • The eighteenth century
    • The nineteenth century
    • The twentieth century
  • Freedom of the media
  • The contemporary print media
    • The press (newspapers)
    • Magazines and periodicals
    • Book publishing
  • The contemporary broadcasting media
    • Television
    • Independent, cable and satellite television
    • Attitudes to commercial television
    • Radio
  • Attitudes to the media
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 12. Religion
  • Religious history
    • The colonial period
    • The eighteenth century
    • The nineteenth century
    • The twentieth century
  • Contemporary US religion
    • Protestants
    • Roman Catholics
    • The Jewish community
    • Other religious groups
  • Church, state and politics
  • Religion and education
  • Attitudes to religion
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Chapter 13. The arts, sports and leisure
  • The arts
  • Sports
  • Leisure
  • Exercises
  • Further reading
  • Websites
• Appendix
  • Declaration of Independence in Congress, 4 July 1776
  • Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments
    • PREAMBLE (The people establish the Constitution)
    • ARTICLE I (Congress, the legislative branch)
    • ARTICLE II (The president, the executive branch)
    • ARTICLE III (The Supreme Court, the judiciary branch)
    • ARTICLE IV (The states)
    • ARTICLE V (Amendments)
    • ARTICLE VI (Effects of Constitution)
    • ARTICLE VII (Ratification)
  • The Bill of Rights (The first ten Amendments)
    • AMENDMENT I (1791) (Basic freedoms; separation of church and state)
    • AMENDMENT II (1791) (The right to bear arms)
    • AMENDMENT III (1791) (Quartering of soldiers)
    • AMENDMENT IV (1791) (Search and seizure)
    • AMENDMENT V (1791) (Rights in court cases)
    • AMENDMENT VI (1791) (Rights of the accused)
    • AMENDMENT VII (1791) (The right to a trial by jury)
    • AMENDMENT VIII (1791) (Bail; cruel and unusual punishment)
    • AMENDMENT IX (1791) (Rights retained by the people)
    • AMENDMENT X (1791) (Reserved powers)
  • LATER AMENDMENTS
    • AMENDMENT XI (1798) (Lawsuits against states)
    • AMENDMENT XII (1804) (Electoral votes)
    • AMENDMENT XIII (1865) (Abolition of slavery)
    • AMENDMENT XIV (1868) (Citizenship for former slaves due process and equal protection clauses)
    • AMENDMENT XV (1870) (Voting rights for freed male slaves)
    • AMENDMENT XVI (1913) (Federal income tax)
    • AMENDMENT XVII (1913) (The direct election of Senators)
    • AMENDMENT XVIII (1919, repealed 1933) (Prohibition)
    • AMENDMENT XIX (1929) (Voting rights for women)
    • AMENDMENT XX (1933) (The President's term of office)
    • AMENDMENT XXI (1933) (Repeal of prohibition)
    • AMENDMENT XXII (1951) (Term limits for the President. 2 terms or 10 years)
    • AMENDMENT XXIII (1961) (Electoral College votes for the District of Columbia)
    • AMENDMENT XXIV (1964) (Prohibition of poll taxes)
    • AMENDMENT XXV (1967) (Presidential succession)
    • AMENDMENT XXVI (1971) (Voting rights for young people)
    • AMENDMENT XXVII (1992) (Timing of congressional pay raises)
• [Alphabetical List of Names, Subjects, etc.]