| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One: Melting Pot vs Salad Bowl | 第13-29页 |
| ·High culture and identity | 第14-18页 |
| ·Contention between Melting Pot and Salad Bowl for American identity | 第18-26页 |
| ·Euro-centrism | 第19-22页 |
| ·WASP domination | 第22-26页 |
| ·The rise of the Multiculturalism | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Two: American people's quest for identity | 第29-57页 |
| ·The initial answer: Melting Pot, and a unified national identity | 第30-47页 |
| ·The formation before the Independent War | 第30-34页 |
| ·The formation after the Independent War | 第34-46页 |
| ·People's retrospection on Melting Pot | 第46-47页 |
| ·The raise of the Salad Bowl-vivid description to Multiculturalism | 第47-48页 |
| ·The historical background for the rise of the Multiculturalism | 第48-57页 |
| ·The proportion of ethnic minorities in American population | 第48-55页 |
| ·The social movements | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Three: The embarrassment Multiculturalism encounters-marginalization | 第57-67页 |
| ·Case study One: The Joy Luck Club | 第59-62页 |
| ·Case study Two: The Woman Who Owned Shadow | 第62-64页 |
| ·The potential possibility: The disuniting of the United States | 第64-67页 |
| Epilogue | 第67-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
| 科研成果简介 | 第76-78页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第78页 |
