| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-14页 |
| Chapter 1. Rationale: The Need to Map an Emerging Field | 第14-31页 |
| ·The Historical Development of Intercultural Communication in China | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Birth of Intercultural Communication in China | 第14-15页 |
| ·The First Phase: 1990 – 1995 | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Second Phase: 1996 – 1999 | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Third Phase: 2000 – present | 第17-18页 |
| ·Domestic Scholars’ Reviews | 第18-23页 |
| ·Overall Review of the Field and Suggestions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Bibliometric Analysis | 第20-22页 |
| ·Comparison of Intercultural Communication in both Chinese and American Contexts | 第22-23页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Teaching in China | 第23-25页 |
| ·Decision to Adopt Two Approaches | 第25-31页 |
| ·Methodology | 第25页 |
| ·The Sociology of Science Approach | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Innovation Process Approach | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 2. The Historical Development of Intercultural Communication in America from the Sociology Perspective | 第31-45页 |
| ·The Historical Development of Intercultural Communication in America | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Birth of Intercultural Communication in America | 第31-32页 |
| ·The First Phase: 1960 – 1970 | 第32页 |
| ·The Second Phase: 1970 – 1980 | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Third Phase: 1980 – Present | 第34-36页 |
| ·Foreign Scholars’ Reviews | 第36-38页 |
| ·Intercultural Communication Teaching in America | 第38-39页 |
| ·Looking at the History from a Sociology of Science Multi-Domain Perspective | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter 3. The Macro State of Intercultural Communication Teaching from an Innovation Process Approach | 第45-67页 |
| ·Methodology | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Chronological Distribution of the First Courses in the Universities | 第46-54页 |
| ·The Chronological Distribution | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Analysis of Distribution from Theories of Innovation Diffusion | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Geographical Distribution of the Universities | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Level of the Courses and the Textbooks | 第58-67页 |
| ·The Level of the Courses | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Textbooks | 第60-67页 |
| Chapter 4. The Micro State of Intercultural Communication Teaching from an Institutional Analysis Approach | 第67-85页 |
| ·The Rationale | 第67页 |
| ·Methodology | 第67-69页 |
| ·The Integrated Analysis | 第69-73页 |
| ·The Chronological Distribution of the First Courses | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Geographical Distribution of the Universities | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Level of the Courses | 第71页 |
| ·The Textbooks | 第71-73页 |
| ·The Independent Analysis | 第73-85页 |
| ·The Historical Overview of All 21 Leading Universities | 第73-81页 |
| ·Case Study: Harbin Institute of Technology | 第81-85页 |
| Conclusion | 第85-87页 |
| References | 第87-97页 |
| 附录 | 第97-123页 |
