| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·An Introduction to Carlos Bulosan and America Is in the Heart | 第8-11页 |
| ·Carlos Bulosan and His Major Works | 第8-10页 |
| ·A Survey of Research on America Is in the Heart | 第10-11页 |
| ·Individual Identity | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Definition of Individual Identity | 第11-14页 |
| ·Individual Identity of Asian Americans | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Loss of Individual Identity | 第16-26页 |
| ·Victims of Hard Life | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Separation of the Family | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Land Dispossession | 第18-19页 |
| ·Victims of Educational System | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Loss of Dignity | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Loss of Dignity at Home | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Loss of Dignity in America | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Leading Obstacles to the Quest for Individual Identity | 第26-34页 |
| ·Colonialism | 第26-30页 |
| ·Aggressive Policies | 第26-28页 |
| ·Racial Discrimination and Persecution | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cultural Crisis | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Loss of Ethnic Cultural Identity | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Exclusion of American Cultural Identity | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Reconstruction of the Individual Identity | 第34-43页 |
| ·The Integration of Different Kinds of Cultures | 第34-38页 |
| ·Quest for the Ethnic Culture | 第34-36页 |
| ·Quest for Real American Cultural Identity | 第36-38页 |
| ·Searching for Utopia | 第38-43页 |
| ·Participating in the Labor Movement | 第38-40页 |
| ·Using Writing as a Weapon | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| Bibliography | 第45-48页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第48-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49-50页 |
