| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| 1.1 Significance of this research | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Review of literature | 第11-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Research by foreign scholars | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2.2 Research by Chinese scholars | 第13-16页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of this research | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Structure of this thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Jews in the United States Before the Second World War | 第18-25页 |
| 2.1 Definition and demographics of Jewish Americans | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Who is a Jew? | 第18页 |
| 2.1.2 The demographic composition of Jewish Americans | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Jewish immigration into the United States of America | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2.1 The first wave of Jewish immigrants | 第20页 |
| 2.2.2 The second wave of Jewish Immigrants | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.3 The third wave of Jewish Immigrants | 第21页 |
| 2.2.4 The fourth wave of Jewish immigrants | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Socioeconomic conditions of Jewish im migrants in the United StatesbeforeWorld War II | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3.1 Socioeconomic conditions of the first wave of Jewish immigrants | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3.2 Socioeconomic conditions of the second wave of Jewish immigrants | 第23页 |
| 2.3.3 Socioeconomic conditions of the third wave of Jewish immigrants | 第23页 |
| 2.3.4 Socioeconomic conditions of the fourth wave of Jewish immigrants | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Post-War Socioeconomic Status of Jewish Americans | 第25-34页 |
| 3.1 Educational attainment | 第26-29页 |
| 3.2 Occupational attainment | 第29-32页 |
| 3.3 Income/Wealth | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Reasons Behind the Remarkable Elevation of Socioeconomic Status of JewishAmericans | 第34-42页 |
| 4.1 Internal reasons | 第34-38页 |
| 4.1.1 Emphasis on education | 第34-36页 |
| 4.1.2 Business acumen | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Resilience, perseverance and adaptation | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 External reasons | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.1 Influence of American cultural values | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2.2 Opportunities after the end of the Second World War | 第39页 |
| 4.2.3 Opportunities in the United States | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3 Jewish Americans in the 21st century | 第40-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Bibliography | 第44-49页 |
| 学位论文答辩委员会组成人员名单 | 第49页 |
