Thomas W.Joseph,教授,2002年始受聘到廣西大學(xué)任教。他是一位具有30多年教齡的加拿大研究方面的教授。他從事加拿大研究多年,曾作為交換學(xué)者到英國和美國講學(xué),除了大量的研究成果,他還擁有較為豐富的大學(xué)教材編寫經(jīng)驗(yàn),如1985年和2001年他在加拿大分別撰寫了兩本大學(xué)課本:Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms和Essentials of Canadian Politics and Government。
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preface chapter1-canada:introduction introduction major characteristics of canada canada's links to the international community summary obeservations resources vocabulary-canada:introduction chapter2-defining moments from the past introduction discovering canada in the 'new world' british-french rivalry and conflict nation-building:responsible government,confederatio and expansion west and north the great depression and world warⅡ coming of age in a post-war world summary observations resources vocabulary-defining moments from the past chapter3-canada's geographic features introduction canada's geographic regions and their main physical features canada's climatic regions canada's natural vegetation how the geography and climate have affected canadian society? summary observations resources vocabulary-canada's geographic features chapter4-canada's evolving mosaic of culturally diverse peoples introduction who are the peoples of canada? summary observations resources vocabulary-canada's evolving mosaic of culturally diverse peoples chapter5-canada's economy chapter6-canada's political institutions chapter7-canada's relations with the united states chapter8-the cultural arts in canada chapter9-canada's educational system chapter10-social and business customs incanada chapter11-canada's sights,sounds,smells,tastes and textures bibliography index