
Inmanyways,ApanoramicHistoryofAmericanCivilizationbyDr.Weiisasimilarattemptinthesamedirection.AstheauthorindicatesinthePostscripts,thetextbook,amongotherthings,isalsointendedtohelptheChinesestudentstoacquireandimprovetheirEnglishlanguageskills,notsomuchthroughlearningofEnglishitself,butthroughthestudyofAmericanCivilization.Whatmakesthistextbooksstandsoutamongapileofsimilartextbooksisnotjustthesubjectmatteritdealswith,butratherthewayinwhichtheauthorapproacheshiswork-singlingoutthemostimportanthistoricaleventsandpoliticalfiguresinAmericanhistoryanddiscussingtheircontributionstothemakingofAmericancivilization.Themeritofsuchanapproachis,atleast,twofold.Foronething,itallowsthereadertogetthehangofAmericancivilizationalmostatongo,leadinghim/herdirectlytothediscoveryofAmerica’sgloriousbuthard-wonachievementsinitscivilization.Foranotherbypiecingtogetherallthekeyeventsthathavehelpedshapethenation,thetextbookmanagestopresentbeforethereaderavividpicturesofthenation’sevolutionaryprocessalmostinitsentirely-birth,growth,developmentandsuccess.AnyonewhotakesagoodlookatitissuretoconjureupaclearmentalmapofAmericancivilizationrightaway.
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