| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter 1． Historical Development of Arab Immigrants | 第15-28页 |
| ·Early Immigrants-- Assimilation and Political Invisibility | 第15-23页 |
| ·Entrepreneurship | 第16-18页 |
| ·intracommunal and intersectarian conflicts | 第18-19页 |
| ·World War Ⅰ | 第19-21页 |
| ·Interwar Years | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Second Wave of Immigrants | 第23-28页 |
| ·Historical Development of Nation States and Arab Nationalism | 第23-25页 |
| ·Domestic Policies of Immigration | 第25-26页 |
| ·New Muslims | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 2 Historical Development of Racism and Political Empowerment | 第28-55页 |
| ·anti-Arab Racism | 第28-41页 |
| ·“Invisible Citizens”—Naturalization Cases of Arab Immigrants | 第28-33页 |
| ·Political Racism after the 1960s | 第33-37页 |
| ·Sources of Anti-Arab Racism | 第37-41页 |
| ·Arab-bashing | 第41-45页 |
| ·Political Empowerment | 第45-55页 |
| ·political activities before WWⅠ | 第45-48页 |
| ·Emerging Arabism after the 1960s | 第48-55页 |
| Chapter 3 “9/11”: Challenges and Opportunities | 第55-71页 |
| ·Public Policies and Social Prejudices | 第55-60页 |
| ·Representations in Mass Media | 第60-65页 |
| ·Allies and Minority Groups | 第65-67页 |
| ·Community Cohesion | 第67-71页 |
| Conclusions | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-77页 |
