ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ
THE NAME AND
ITS HISTORY………………………………................................................................................3
___SYMBOLS …….......................................................................................................................................................5
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ……...........................................................................................................................8
THE LAND (PHYSICAL BACKGROUND) GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION. TERRITORY
..............................10
___THE SEAS ..............................................................................................................................................................11
___THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ...................................................................................................................................13
___CHANNEL TUNNEL ............................................................................................................................................14
___RELIEF ...................................................................................................................................................................15
___RIVERS ..................................................................................................................................................................19
___LAKES ...................................................................................................................................................................19
___MINERAL RESOURCES .......................................................................................................................................20
___CLIMATE ...............................................................................................................................................................21
___VEGETATION .......................................................................................................................................................25
___WILDLIFE ..............................................................................................................................................................26
___ISLANDS ...............................................................................................................................................................27
___THE CHANNEL ISLANDS (CROWN DEPENDENCIES) ...................................................................................29
___THE ISLE OF MAN ...............................................................................................................................................30
___ANGLESEY ............................................................................................................................................................31
___THE HEBRIDES .....................................................................................................................................................32
___THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS ....................................................................................................................33
___ENGLAND .............................................................................................................................................................35
___HISTORY IN BRIEF ..............................................................................................................................................39
___WALES ..................................................................................................................................................................46
___HISTORY IN BRIEF ..............................................................................................................................................50
___SCOTLAND ...........................................................................................................................................................51
___HISTORY IN BRIEF ..............................................................................................................................................57
___NORTHERN IRELAND .........................................................................................................................................58
___HISTORY IN BRIEF ..............................................................................................................................................61
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ................................................................................................................................64
POPULATION (DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUNDS) ANCESTORS .......…………………………………….67
___LANGUAGES AND NATIONALITIES ..................................................................................………………….69
___DENOMINATION. RELIGION. CHURCH .........................................................................................................71
___DENSITY. DISTRIBUTION .................................................................................................................................74
___SOCIAL RATES ...................................................................................................................................................76
___SOCIAL CLASS MAKE-UP ................................................................................................................................78
___GENDER ...............................................................................................................................................................81
___WORKING MOTHERS ........................................................................................................................................82
___YOUNG PEOPLE .................................................................................................................................................83
___AGES YOU CAN LEGALLY DO THINGS .........................................................................................................84
___MIGRATION WAVES .........................................................................................................................................84
___THE ETHNIC DIMENSION ................................................................................................................................86
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ...............................................................................................................................87
BRITISH STATE SYSTEM .....................................................................................................................................91
___MONARCHY IN BRITAIN ANCIENT INSTITUTION .....................................................................................91
___FUNCTIONS AND POWERS .............................................................................................................................93
___THE QUEEN AND THE PRIME MINISTER .......................................................................................................94
___MONARCHY AND DEMOCRACY ....................................................................................................................96
___ANNUAL CEREMONIES AND DAILY ROUTINE ............................................................................................98
___MONARCH'S MAGIC .......................................................................................................................................101
___EXPENSIVE INSTITUTION ..............................................................................................................................103
___BRITISH PARLIAMENT ....................................................................................................................................104
___THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ...........................................................................................................................107
___THE HOUSE OF LORDS ...................................................................................................................................110
___THE WORK OF PARLIAMENT ........................................................................................................................114
___GOVERNMENT .................................................................................................................................................118
___CIVIL SERVICE .................................................................................................................................................122
___WESTMINSTER PALACE AND TRADITIONS IN PARLIAMENT
................................................................125
___ELECTORAL SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................................133
___BRITISH CONSTITUTION ................................................................................................................................136
___POLITICAL PARTIES ........................................................................................................................................140
___CONSERVATIVE PARTY. HISTORY AND MODERN POLICY
...................................................................141
___THE LABOUR PARTY .......................................................................................................................................143
___LIBERAL
PARTY ...............................................................................................................................................146
___LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY ....................................................................................................................147
___ELECTORAL RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................148
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE .............................................................................................................................148
BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION. SCHOOL EDUCATION HISTORY OF BRITISH SCHOOLS
........153
___BRITISH SCHOOL TODAY ..............................................................................................................................157
___SOME ESSENTIALS .........................................................................................................................................159
___PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................164
___PRIMARY EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................................164
___SECONDARY EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................165
___PROBLEMS OF STATE SCHOOLS .................................................................................................................168
___INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS .............................................................................................................................169
___PREPARATORY SCHOOLS .............................................................................................................................170
___PUBLIC SCHOOLS ...........................................................................................................................................171
___AFTER SIXTEEN ...............................................................................................................................................172
___WHAT SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLDS DO .................................................................................................................173
___EXAMS AND CERTIFICATES .........................................................................................................................173
___ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY ...............................................................................................................175
___DOS AND DON'TS ...........................................................................................................................................176
___RULES ................................................................................................................................................................176
___PROCEDURES ...................................................................................................................................................177
___BELL TIMES ......................................................................................................................................................178
___HIGHER EDUCATION GENERAL ...................................................................................................................179
___HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ..............................................................................................................181
___OXBRIDGE ........................................................................................................................................................186
___STUDENT'S LIFE ..............................................................................................................................................190
___TRADITIONS AT OXFORD .............................................................................................................................194
___OTHER UNIVERSITIES ....................................................................................................................................196
___OPEN UNIVERSITY .........................................................................................................................................198
___ELITISM .............................................................................................................................................................199
___FURTHER EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................................201
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE .............................................................................................................................203
BRITISH PEOPLE. CUSTOMS. TRADITIONS. HOLIDAYS. NATIONAL CHARACTER
..........................209
___WAYS OF LIFE .................................................................................................................................................224
___BANK HOLIDAYS ............................................................................................................................................233
___FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES ....................................................................................................................237
___HOGMANAY (NEW YEAR) .............................................................................................................................238
___ST. VALENTINE'S DAY ....................................................................................................................................242
___APRIL FOOL'S DAY ..........................................................................................................................................250
___CHRISTMAS ......................................................................................................................................................255
___HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................................259
___EVERGREENS ....................................................................................................................................................261
___EASTER ..............................................................................................................................................................273
___HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................................275
___HALLOWEEN ....................................................................................................................................................278
___GUY FAWKES NIGHT (BONFIRE NIGHT) .....................................................................................................285
___REMEMBRANCE DAY (POPPY DAY) ............................................................................................................289
___TROOPING THE COLOUR ...............................................................................................................................291
___THE CEREMONY OF THE KEYS ....................................................................................................................293
___THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW ..........................................................................................................................295
___ ROUND THE BRITISH YEAR ..........................................................................................................................298
___TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE .............................................................................................................................305
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................................312
Страноведение. Англия.
Для студентов вузов .
Н. М. Нестерова
2001 года
Цена: 100 рублей
