AcknowledgementsThisthesiswouldnothavebeencompletedwithoutnumerouspeople’sinvaluablehelpandsupport.Towhom,Iwouldliketotakethisopportunitytoshowmyheart-feltgratitude.Firstofall,Iamespeciallygratefultomysupervisor,Mr.LiGeyong.Hegavemekindencouragementandusefulinstructionsduringtheprocessofthesiswriting.Mr.Lisuppliedmewithreferencematerialsofgreatvalue,andpatientlyreadandrevisedmydraftforseveraltimes.Moreover,IwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoProfessorLiQiangandeveryteacherwhohashelpedmewithusefulsuggestionsandcomments.Finally,Iwishtoextendmyappreciationtomyparentsandmyteacherswhohelpedmeinmyundergraduatestudyyears.AbstractAstheonlycivilwarintheUnitedStates,AmericanCivilWarmaintainednationalunityandeliminatedslavery,whichhasagreathistoricalsignificance.GonewiththeWindisanovelwiththebackgroundoftheCivilWarandtheauthordescribesthewarscenesandcharactersmeticulously.BycomparingthetransformofvaluesoftheupperclassinsouthernAmerican,thisthesisanalyzestheimpactsofpeople’sthoughtandactivitiesduringAmericanCivilWar.Besides,thispaperdiscusseshowpeople’ssocialvaluesareaffectedbywarsoastohaveacomprehensiveunderstandingofAmericanhistoryandculture.Keywords:AmericanCivilWar;upperclassinsouthernAmerica;transformofvalues摘要南北战争作为美国历史上唯一一次内战,其维护了国家统一,消除了奴隶制,具有极伟大的、世界历史性的意义。而《飘》是一部以南北战争为背景的小说,作者将战争场面及人物形象描写的极为细致。通过小说对比战争前后南方贵族的价值观转变,分析美国内战格局下南方贵族的思想及活动所受的影响,探究战争对人性社会价值观的影响,更加全面地了解美国历史文化。关键词:南北战争;南方贵族;价值观改变Contents云南民族大学毕业论文(设计)原创性声明.................................................................................iAcknowledgements.....................................................................................................................iiAbstract......................................................................................................................................iii摘要...........................................................................................................................................ivI.Introduction............................................................................................................................11.1AmericanCivilWar.............................................................................................................11.1.1BackgroundofAmericanCivilWar...........................................................................11.1.2ImpactofAmericanCivilWar....................................................................................21.2GonewiththeWind&AmericanCivilWar........................................................................41.3GonewiththeWind&MargaretMitchell...........................................................................61.3.1IntroductionofMargaretMitchell...............................................................................61.3.2MaincontentofGonewiththeWind..........................................................................7II.TransformofValuesoftheUpperClassinSouthernAmericaduringtheCivilWar………............................................................................................................................102.1Fromauthoritariantodemocratic.......................