| Acknowledgements | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Table of Contents | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One What Is Elitism and Why Is It a Necessary Evil | 第12-23页 |
| ·Definition of Elitism and the Elite | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Necessity and Inevitability of Elitism in Democracy | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Evil Side of Elitism in Democracy | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Meaning of Pluralism and Populism | 第17-20页 |
| ·Pluralism and Populism versus Elitism | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two Elitism in Earlier American History | 第23-39页 |
| ·Elite Contributions to the Creation of the Nation | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution | 第24-25页 |
| ·Leading Elite of the Age: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison | 第25-27页 |
| ·Elite Conflict During the Abolitionist Movement and the Civil War | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Abolitionist Movement and the Civil War | 第28-30页 |
| ·Leading Elite of the Age: Abraham Lincoln | 第30-32页 |
| ·Elite Leadership and the Progressive Reforms | 第32-35页 |
| ·Elite’s Leadership in the Reforms | 第32-34页 |
| ·Leading Elite of the Age: Theodore Roosevelt | 第34-35页 |
| ·Elite Compromises and the Civil Rights Movement | 第35-39页 |
| ·The Civil Rights Movement | 第35-36页 |
| ·Leading Elite of the Age: Martin Luther King, Jr | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three The Iraq War and Contemporary American Elitism | 第39-47页 |
| ·Invasion Preparation and the Invasion | 第39-43页 |
| ·Rationales for the Invasion Preparation | 第40-42页 |
| ·First True Preventive War | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Elite’s Negative Influences on the Iraq War | 第43-47页 |
| Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
