| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| CONTENTS | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION | 第14-24页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第14-21页 |
| ·Studies on Post-colonialism | 第15-16页 |
| ·Britain in the Eyes of Foreign Writers | 第16-21页 |
| ·Britain in the Eyes of Western Writers | 第16-18页 |
| ·Britain in the Eyes of Non-Western Writers | 第18-21页 |
| ·Methodology and Purpose | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ. INFLUENCE OF BRITAIN SINCE THE 18THCENTURY AND ITS DECLINE | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Industrial Revolution | 第24-25页 |
| ·Oversea Expansion and the British Empire | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Decline of Britain | 第26-27页 |
| ·Intellectual Influences | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ. EMERSON AND ENGLISH TRAITS | 第29-46页 |
| ·Englishmen’s Attitude toward Themselves and Other Peoples | 第30-33页 |
| ·Arrogance of Englishmen | 第30-32页 |
| ·Englishmen’s Relationship with Other Peoples | 第32-33页 |
| ·Englishmen’s Love for Facts and the Practical Direction of Modern Times.. | 第33-37页 |
| ·British People’s Concept of Wealth | 第37-46页 |
| ·English People’s Love for Wealth and The Sacred Right of Property.. | 第37-39页 |
| ·Reproach of Poverty | 第39-40页 |
| ·Extensive Use of Machines and the Influence | 第40-41页 |
| ·Thriving of Trade and the Influence | 第41-43页 |
| ·Expansion of Personal Liberty, Consumption and Materialism | 第43-46页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ. TOCQUEVILLE AND JOURNEYS TO ENGLAND AND IRELAND | 第46-58页 |
| ·Stress on Laws and the Low Moral State of the People | 第47-48页 |
| ·Privileges of Wealth | 第48-51页 |
| ·Spiritual Emptiness and Restlessness of the People | 第51-52页 |
| ·Ireland in Tocqueville’s Book | 第52-58页 |
| ·Economic Exploitation: Poverty of Irish People Under English Reign | 第53-55页 |
| ·Political Tyranny | 第55-56页 |
| ·Religious Problem | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ. KU HUNG-MING AND THE SPIRIT OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE. | 第58-64页 |
| ·Cultural arrogance | 第59-60页 |
| ·Criticism on Commercialism | 第60-64页 |
| CHAPTER VI. KINCAID AND A SMALL PLACE | 第64-71页 |
| ·English Colonial Rule in Antigua | 第65-67页 |
| ·Love of Wealth | 第67-68页 |
| ·Racial Superiority | 第68-71页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅶ. COMPARISON OF THE FOUR AUTHOR’S VIEWS ON ENGLISH CULTURE | 第71-78页 |
| ·Similarities | 第71-75页 |
| ·Xenophobia | 第71-72页 |
| ·Englishmen’s Worship of Wealth | 第72-73页 |
| ·Utilitarianism | 第73-75页 |
| ·Differences | 第75-78页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅷ. CONCLUSION | 第78-80页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第80-81页 |
