| 1 Introduction | 第1-22页 |
| ·A brief history of the American flag controversy | 第14-19页 |
| ·The research motivation to embark on a study of the flag controversy | 第19-21页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第21-22页 |
| 2 The review of the study of the flag controversy by researchers | 第22-28页 |
| ·The reports and books on the American flag controversy | 第22-24页 |
| ·The inadequacy of the flag study from descriptive and prescriptive perspectives | 第24-27页 |
| ·The tentative improvement for and the possible contribution to the flag study | 第27-28页 |
| 3 A new prescriptive approach to analyze the flag controversy as the theoretical framework for the flag study | 第28-46页 |
| ·The factors which underlie the flag controversy from a cultural sense: a brief introduction to the cultural theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·The force which controls the string behind the flag controversy from a political sense: an introduction to the elite theory | 第33-35页 |
| ·The performance of the elite structure in an association with the flag study: the Federalist Papers and the federalism | 第35-43页 |
| ·The exertion of the elite structure upon the public opinion in an association with the flag study | 第43-46页 |
| 4 A comparative descriptive study of the American flag controversy based on the theoretical framework | 第46-78页 |
| ·The comparative study of the flag controversy based on the theoretical framework | 第47-48页 |
| ·The incidents of the flag controversy categorized by the subject | 第48-65页 |
| ·The comparative study of the cultural manifestation in connection with the social contexts and the key issues in the flag controversy | 第65-69页 |
| ·The comparative study of the agents' behaviors in the elite structure | 第69-74页 |
| ·The comparative study of the flag organization, the mass media and the public opinion | 第74-78页 |
| 5 A prescriptive study of the American flag controversy based on the theoretical framework | 第78-95页 |
| ·Nationalism v. civil liberty in American culture in the elite structure concerning the flag controversy | 第78-83页 |
| ·The functional analysis of the agents in the elite structure in the American political system concerning the flag controversy upon cultural influence | 第83-91页 |
| ·The public opinion and its formation in the elite structure concerning the flag controversy upon the cultural influence | 第91-95页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第95-101页 |
| ·The contribution to the flag study in terms of methodology | 第95-96页 |
| ·The internal conflict in the American cultural system with regard to the flag controversy | 第96-97页 |
| ·The conflict in the elite structure and the construction of public opinion upon the cultural influence with regard to the flag controversy | 第97-98页 |
| ·The constants and laws for a prospect of the flag controversy | 第98-99页 |
| ·The limits of the thesis and further suggested research | 第99-101页 |
| Bibliography: | 第101-104页 |
