| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·R. M. Ballantyne and The Coral Island | 第11-14页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-17页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Education of the Young in the Liberal Imperial Period | 第19-31页 |
| ·School Education:Inculcation of Ideology | 第20-25页 |
| ·Public Schools—Personality Cultivation | 第20-24页 |
| ·State Schools or Sunday Schools—Consciousness Construction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Non-school Education—Ideology Internalization | 第25-31页 |
| ·Family Interference | 第26-28页 |
| ·Adventure Stories | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Muscular Christianity in The Coral Island | 第31-50页 |
| ·Muscular Christianity in Liberal Imperialism | 第31-36页 |
| ·Masculinity in the Liberal Imperial Period | 第32-35页 |
| ·Christianity in the Liberal Imperial Period | 第35-36页 |
| ·Masculinity Christianity as Reflected in The Coral Island | 第36-50页 |
| ·Masculinity in The Coral Island | 第36-43页 |
| ·Physical Prowess in The Coral Island | 第37-39页 |
| ·Spiritual Mightiness in The Coral Island | 第39-43页 |
| ·Christianity in The Coral Island | 第43-50页 |
| ·Biblicism in The Coral Island | 第44-46页 |
| ·Missionary Work in The Coral Island | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Four Liberal Imperialism in The Coral Island | 第50-59页 |
| ·Liberal Imperialism in the Late-Nineteenth Century | 第51-52页 |
| ·Liberal Imperialism as Reflected in The Coral Island | 第52-59页 |
| ·Racism in The Coral Island | 第53-55页 |
| ·Material Imperialism in The Coral Island | 第55-57页 |
| ·Spiritual Imperialism in The Coral Island | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Works Cited | 第61-64页 |
| Publications | 第64页 |
