| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 2.An Overview of Individualism and Collectivism | 第14-32页 |
| ·A Historical Review of I/C in Ancient Civilization | 第14-18页 |
| ·Legal Institutions and I/C | 第14-15页 |
| ·Religious Institutions andI/C | 第15-17页 |
| ·Political Philosophers since the 18th century and//C | 第17-18页 |
| ·Hofstede's I/C Dimension | 第18-21页 |
| ·Conceptualizing Individualism and Collectivism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Criticism to Hofstede's I/C Theory | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Limitations Noted by Hofstede | 第22页 |
| ·Schwartz's Criticism | 第22-24页 |
| ·Oyserman's Criticism | 第24-26页 |
| ·Baskerville's Criticism | 第26-27页 |
| ·Other Criticisms | 第27-28页 |
| ·Modernization Theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·History and Orientation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Modernization Theory and the Change of Traditional Values | 第29-32页 |
| 3.Traditional Collectivistic Chinese Society and Individualistic American Society | 第32-54页 |
| ·Conceptualizing Culture | 第32-33页 |
| ·Traditional Collectivistic Chinese Society | 第33-41页 |
| ·Conceptualizing Chinese and Chinese Culture | 第33-37页 |
| ·Traditional Collectivistic Chinese Society | 第37-41页 |
| ·Individualistic American Society | 第41-54页 |
| ·Conceptualizing America and American Character | 第41-44页 |
| ·Individualistic American Society | 第44-54页 |
| 4.Has Modern Chinese Society Become More Individualistic? | 第54-72页 |
| ·Methodology and Hypothesis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Social and Economic Transformations in China | 第55-69页 |
| ·Family Relations | 第55-62页 |
| ·Peasants' Migration to Cities | 第62-66页 |
| ·Pace of Life | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Extensive Diffusion of Internet and Mobile Phones | 第67-69页 |
| ·Discussion | 第69-72页 |
| 5.Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-83页 |
