《英美概况》于1988年修订过一次，1995年根据需要再次修订。第三版修订仍沿用第一、二版的基本框架，仍采用先英后美的顺序，以时空概念为坐标，内容以树状结构组合，横向展开英美社会的方方面面，纵向追溯其运动轨迹。纵横结合，互相补充。恰如影像中使用的变焦距和摇镜头技巧，既可以沿纵向轴线远近移动，又可以根据需要横向展开，这样一纵一横，需要讲述的内容也就各入其位了。
这次修订仍采用先英后美的顺序。美国的前身是英国人建立的殖民地，时间长达150年之久，美国人价值观、政体、法律和主流文化都受英国很大影响，因此，讲述英国就是直接或间接地为讲述美国社会做准备。

Contents
Volume One Great Britain
Chapter One Panoramic View
Section One The Country and the People
Section Two The British Government
Section Three Politics and Law
Section Four National Economy and Cities
Section Five Cultural and Sociol Life
chapter Two English History
Section One Origin of the English Nation
Section Two Great Charterand Beginning of Parlia-
ment
Section Three Decline of Feudalism in England
Section Four
Bourgeoisie
Section Five
Section Six
The Tudor Monarchy and the Rising
Reformation in England
The English Bourgeois Revolution
Section Seven The Industrial Revolution and the
Chartist Movement
Section Eight The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Volume Two America
Chapter One Panoramic View
Section One The United States and its Natural Condi-
tions
Section Two American People
Section Three Goverriment and Politics ( 1 )
Section Four Government and Politics( 1 )
Section Five National Economy( 1 )
Section Six National Economy( 1 )
Section Seven Family and Social Life
Chapter Two American History
Section One The Thirteen English-American
Colonies
Section Two The War of Independence
Section Three Appearance of the American Constitut-
ion and the Washington Administration
Section Four America During the First Half of the
19th Century-Era of Expansion
Section Five The Civil War
Section Six America After Civil War-Development
and Foreign Aggression
Section Sevcn America during and after World War 1
Section Eight America during and after the Second
World War
Supplementary Material for Reference
Section one An Outline Introduction to American
Literature( 1600-1985)
Supplementary Materials Papers Radio and Television
Secrion Two The Ancient Mediterranean World and
the Origin of European Civilization
Section Three Appearance and Development of Christi-
anity
Section Four The U. S. Passport and Immigration
Section Five
Investment: A Basic Glossary
Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain
Frime Ministers of Gr-eat Britain
Presidents of the U. S