先读为快
本书总体内容设计以文化定义、影响文化的因素为先导（第一章至第二章），以求先了解文化梗概。
《社会与文化》中各单元中具体国家的内容编写以1.国度与人民，2.文化特点，3.社会学理论常识，4.焦点问题为主线。各章节的单元内容一般“纵向”自成体系，必要时可单独使用，例如，强调社会学基础常识方面的学习，可但选第一章、第二章及第三章到第十六章各章中的第三部分，进行学习。
《社会与文化》为研究生（英语专业及非英语专业）英语选修课程的系列教材之一。 但同时也适用于其他类型的教学使用，教学原则为：
英语专业研究生（含同等学历英语专业研究生）——以课堂讨论、短篇论文（presentation and paper writing）为主。
非英语专业研究生——以阅读理解（reading comprehension）为主，依据学生水平，也可采取阅读理解与课堂讨论、短篇论文写作（presentation and paper writing）相结合的方式。
作者简介
宁洪，南开大学外国语学院翻译系副教授。1975年赴马耳化皇家大学留学；1980年赴非洲援建田子；1980年赴非洲援建，任中国交通部赞比亚Mukuku路桥大队英语翻译。1997年赴美国Albany纽约州立大学进修，学习、研究社会学文化课程。现主要从事“美国文化研究(英语专业本科研究生)”、“当代美国文化(英语专业本科)”、“大学英语应试作文写作(英语专业本科)”、英语口译(英语专业本科)”、 “接续传译(英语翻译系本科)”等课程的教学。
著有《美国文化阅读教程》(编著，英文，2004，英语专业本科研究生跨文化交际课程教材)、《英语口译教程》 (主编，2002，英语专业本科口译课程教材)、《旅游英语》(副主编，1998，旅游专业本科英语阅读教程教材)等1 0佘部教材及教学参考书。
目录
Unit 1 : What is Culture?
With Emphasis on Nature of Culture
Reading 1 What is Culture?
Reading 2 The 'Onion Diagram' of Culture
Reading 3 Focus: The Nature of Culture: Cultural Diversity, Value in Culture
Unit 2: The Impact of Culture
With Emphasis on Globalization and Americanization
Reading 4 The Impact of Culture: Cultural Values, Misinterpretation, Nonverbal
Communication, Proxemics
Reading 5 Economic Implications of Major Religions
Reading 6 Focus: Globalization of Culture and Americanization
Unit 3: Mexico
With Emphasis on Border Culture
Reading 7 The Land and the People: A Land of Sharp and Bold Contrasts
Reading 8 U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Mexico
Reading 9 Theoretical Perspectives for Explaining Social Events
Reading 10 Focus: A Common Border Culture?
Unit 4: Japan
With Emphasis on Information Explosion
Reading 11 The Land and the People: Another Phoenix
Reading 12 Be Aware of it and Doing it Right the First Time
Reading 13 The Scientific Approach to Data Collection
Reading 14 Focus: The Information Explosion
Unit 5: The Republic of Korea
With Emphasis on Cultural Heritage
Reading 15 The Land and the People: A Land of "Self-Made" Miracle
Reading 16 Multicultural Awareness -- A Case for "The Last Thing a Fish Would Ever
Notice Would be Water."
Reading 17 Differences Between South Koreans and Americans
Reading 18 Focus: The Cultural Heritage of South Korea
Unit 6: Israel
With Emphasis on Conflict and Coming to Terms
Reading 19 The Land and the People: A Smaller Country with Great Accomplishment in the
Reading 20 Peer Pressure as Agent of Socialization
Reading 21 Symbolic lnteracfionism and Self-Development
Reading 22 Focus: The Conflict and Coming to Terms of Israel and Palestinian
Unit 7: Zaire
With Emphasis on AIDS and HIV
Reading 23 The Land and the People: The Heart of Africa
Reading 24 The Effect of Skin Color and Gender on Social Interaction
Reading 25 The Content of Social Interaction
Reading 26 Focus: The Historical Context of AIDS and HIV
Unit 8: India
With Emphasis on Khasi Society,
Reading 27 The Land and the People: A Mother Country
Reading 28 Views of India
Reading 29 Features of Modem Organizations
Reading 30 Focus: Khasi Society of India
Unit 9: The People's Republic of China
With Emphasis on West's Debt to China
Reading 31 The Land and the People: Continuity, Stability and Developmen~
Reading 32 The Chinese System of Social Control Versus the American System of Social Control
Reading 33 Deviance: The Violation of Norms
Reading 34 Focus: The West's Debt to China
Unit 10: South Africa
With Emphasis on Mobility of Society
Reading 35 The Land and the People: Diamonds and Democracy
Reading 36 "Open" and "Closed" Stratification Systems
Reading 37 Analyses of Social Class
Reading 38 Focus: Mobility of Society
Unit 11 : Germany
With Emphasis on East Meeting West
Reading 39 . The Land and the People: A Land of Wurst (Sausage) Divided and Reunified
Reading 40 German Guest Workers and the Question of Race or Ethnicity
Reading 41 Perspectives on Assimilation
Reading 42 Focus: East Meets West
Unit 12: The Former Yugoslavia
With Emphasis on Gender Equality
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Unit 13: Brazil
Unit 14: The United States
Unit 15: Lebanon
Unit 16: Social Change
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