| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One The Child Labor and Ideological Factors | 第16-27页 |
| 1.1 Ideological Factors of the Child Labor prior to the Civil War | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1.1 American puritan ethic about child labor | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.2 American agrarian value about child labor | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2 The Ideological Factors of Child Labor during the Gilded Age | 第20-22页 |
| 1.3 The Mainstream Thoughts of the Society during the Gilded Age | 第22-27页 |
| 1.3.1 The connotation of laissez-faire doctrine | 第23-24页 |
| 1.3.2 The Connotation of American Social Darwinist Thought | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Two Social Darwinism & Laissez-faire Doctrine andLoose Implementation of Government Regulation | 第27-38页 |
| 2.1 The Ineffectual Implementation of Child Labor Laws | 第29-34页 |
| 2.1.1 Lack of federal child labor law | 第30-32页 |
| 2.1.2 The loopholes in child labor law | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2 The Governmental Lax Regulation of Child Labor | 第34-38页 |
| 2.2.1 The misconduct of officials | 第35-36页 |
| 2.2.2 The ineffectual factory inspection | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Social Darwinism & Laissez-faire Doctrine and the Injusticeof the Supreme Court | 第38-53页 |
| 3.1 Judges in the Supreme Court in Favor of Social Darwinism & Laissez-faire Doctrine | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2 The Supreme Court Adhering to Non-federal Interference in State Laws | 第42-45页 |
| 3.3 The Supreme Court Abiding by the Due Process of Law Doctrine | 第45-53页 |
| 3.3.1 Protecting the liberty of contract | 第47-49页 |
| 3.3.2 Protecting property right | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Four Social Darwinism& Laissez-faire Doctrine and theMaltreatment of the Child Labor in Industry | 第53-65页 |
| 4.1 Employers Advocating Social Darwinism & Laissez-faire Doctrine | 第54-60页 |
| 4.1.1 Robber barons fervent for social Darwinism & Laissez-faireDoctrine | 第55-57页 |
| 4.1.2 Capitalists advocating free competition and free trade in economicmarket | 第57-58页 |
| 4.1.3 Representatives of trade guilds in favor of social Darwinism&laissez-faire | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2 Children Stimulated by the Idea of Self-reliance | 第60-65页 |
| 4.2.1 The public boosting self-reliance | 第62-63页 |
| 4.2.2 Children themselves stimulated by rags-to-rich stories | 第63-65页 |
| Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| Works Cited | 第68-71页 |
