Chapter One General Introduction
1.1 Topography
1.2 Rivers and Coast
1.3 Climate
1.4 Natural Resources
1.5 Population and Language
1.6 British Characters
1.7 British Family Life
1.8 Holidays and Festivals
Chapter Two A Brief History ( I )
2.1 Early Man and Pre-feudal Society
2.2 Norman Conquest and Decline of Feudalism
2.3 The Decline of Feudalism
2.4 The Bourgeois Revolution
Chapter Three A Brief History( II )
3.1 The Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement
3.2 The British Empire and Two World Wars
3.3 Post-war Periods
Chapter Four Political System
4.1 Constitutional Monarchy
4.2 Three Branches of Power
4.3 The Party System
4.4 Current Political Landscape
Chapter Five Economy
5.1 A Historical Overvtew
5.2 Natural Resources
5.3 Different Sectors
Chapter Six Literature
6.1 Literature before the Renaissance
6.2 Renaissance Literature
6.3 Literature in the 17th and 18th Centuries
6.4 The Age of Romanticism ( 1790 - 1840)
6.5 Victorian Literature (1837 -1901)
6.6 Literature in the First Half of the 20th Century
Chapter Seven Education System
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Primary and Secondary Education
7.3 Higher Education
Chapter Eight Foreign Relations
8.1 Relations with Commonwealth Countries
8.2 Relations with Europe
8.3 Britain's Special Relationship with the US
8.4 Britain's Security and Defense Policy
Chapter Nine Religion
9.1 General Introduction
9.2 England and Wales
9.3 Scotland
9.4 Northern Ireland
9.5 Future Trends
Chapter Ten News Media
10.1 The Press
10.2 Radio and Television
10.3 Digital Broadcasting
10.4 News Agencies
10.5 Online Media
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