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 Bibliography