| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Sister Carrie | 第10-11页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Sister Carrie | 第11-14页 |
| ·Aims and Significance of the Thesis Paper | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Industrialization and its Consequences | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Booming Economy | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Condition of the Poor | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter Three Conspicuous Consumption of Leisure Class | 第23-37页 |
| ·Veblen's Concept of Conspicuous Consumption | 第23-26页 |
| ·Department Store as the Channel | 第26-29页 |
| ·Conspicuous Consumption of Clothes | 第29-33页 |
| ·Conspicuous Leisure of Entertainments | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Four Cultural Capital of Leisure Class | 第37-50页 |
| ·The Character Robert Ames and Cultural Capital | 第37-40页 |
| ·Difference in Attitudes toward Money | 第40-43页 |
| ·Distinction in Cultural Tastes | 第43-47页 |
| ·Discrepancy in Education Level | 第47-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| 中文参考文献 | 第57-58页 |
