《美国学生历史(套装上下册)(英汉双语版)》是美国哈佛大学著名历史学教授爱德华•钱宁专为美国学生撰写的一本关于美国历史的权威教材，它对此后的美国历史教科书产生了不朽的影响。全书从欧洲人发现美洲开始，重点讲述了1600-1900期间300年的美国历史。作者试图通过此书“唤起学生对历史的热爱，而不是死记大量轶事”，因为有些轶事没有多大重要性，有的又基于不可靠的资料。全书共分15篇，共45章，共归纳了485个知识要点，对学生把握全书的脉络与历史线索起到很好的作用。《美国学生历史(套装上下册)(英汉双语版)》于国内首版，采用双语形式，中文只是作为内容和阅读形式的一种补充，每章之后配有相应的练习题和教师建议。对国内学生来讲，这套书也是一本很好的英语读本。配合英文朗读，对提升英语水平一定更有帮助。 The aim of this book is to tell in a simple and concise form the story of the founding and development of the United States. The study of the history of one's own country is a serious matter,and should be entered upon by the text-book writer, by the teacher, and by the pupil in a serious spirit,even to a greater extent than the study of language or of arithmetic. No effort has been made, therefore,to make out of this text-book a story book. It is a text-book pure and simple, and should be used as a text-book, to be studied diligently by the pupil and expounded carefully by the teacher.