| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-31页 |
| ·The Concept of “Agrarianism” | 第10-11页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-22页 |
| ·The Significance of this Research | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Main Problems this Research Aims to Solve | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Organization of the Dissertation | 第24-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ The European Origins of Agrarianism and its Transformation in Early America | 第31-68页 |
| ·European Agrarianism—From Ancient Times to the 18~(th) Century | 第31-44页 |
| ·The Transformation of Agrarianism in Early America | 第44-65页 |
| ·Southern Aristocratic Agrarianism | 第48-53页 |
| ·Jeffersonian Agrarianism | 第53-65页 |
| Summary | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Rational Agrarianism in Practice: Accomplishments and Disillusionments | 第68-119页 |
| ·The Homestead Act—Agrarianism and Westward Movement | 第68-83页 |
| ·The Southern Homestead Act—Agrarianism and Southern Reconstruction | 第83-99页 |
| ·The Dawes Act —Agrarianism and Racial Cleansing | 第99-108页 |
| ·The Alaska Homestead Laws and Programs—Agrarianism and Frontier Construction | 第108-117页 |
| Summary | 第117-119页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Clashes Between Rational Agrarianism and Industrialism | 第119-161页 |
| ·Agrarianism in Crisis—Agricultural Civilization Besieged | 第119-127页 |
| ·Agrarianism in Revolt—The Late 19~(th) Century Populism | 第127-135页 |
| ·Agrarianism Seeking Protection—Farm Fundamentalism and Agriculture Policy in the 20~(th) century | 第135-149页 |
| ·Agrarianism Struggling for Survival—The Fate of Family Farming | 第149-159页 |
| Summary | 第159-161页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Romantic Agrarianism and Agrarianism Reformulated | 第161-205页 |
| ·Romantic Agrarians’ Celebration of Agrarian Life: the Yeoman in Literature | 第161-174页 |
| ·Romantic Agrarians’ Cultural Critique: Racial and Social Perspectives | 第174-187页 |
| ·Cultural Critique in New Clothes: Ecological Perspective | 第187-193页 |
| ·Agrarianism Reformulated: Striking a Balance between Dream and Reality | 第193-204页 |
| Summary | 第204-205页 |
| Conclusion | 第205-210页 |
| Bibliography | 第210-226页 |
