本书共分14章，内容涉及土地和资源、人口、文化、经济、政府和政治、殖民时期的美国、独立战争、宪法和新政府、领土扩张及社会发展、内战、战后重建和工业化、一战与美国、二战与美国、战后的美国、美国历史中的重要人物等。使用本书前，建议读者至少阅读一本有关美国概况的权威教材。
本书的特点有三：一是内容全面。本书参考并综合了多本《美国概况》权威教材中所涉及的内容。二是覆盖面广。本书每一章节都尽力覆盖了该章节标题下可能涉及的方面。三是题型多样化、难易搭配平衡。本书设计有选择题、填空题、正误辨析题、连线题、名词解释题、简答题和问答题。

1 Land and Resources
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
2 American People
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
3 American Culture
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
4 American Economy
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
5 Government and Politics
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
6 American History——The Colonial Period
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
7 American Revolution
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
8 The Constitution and New Government
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
9 American Expansion and Social Development
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
10 The Civil War
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
11 Reconstruction,Industrialization,Imperialism and Progressivism
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
12 World War I and the Great Depression
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
13 America during and after World War
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
14 Important Figures in American HistoryⅡ
Introduction
Exercises
Keys
Appendix Ⅰ
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
Index
Reference