John E. Van Sant is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama—Birmingham. He is the author of Pacific Pioneers: Japanese Journeys to America and Hawaii, 1850-1880 (2000).

• Part 1 East Meets West: Mori Arinori and the Formative Years of U.S.-Japan RelationsPart 2 Life and Resources in AmericaChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Official and Political LifeChapter 5 Life among the Farmers and PlantersChapter 6 Commercial Life and DevelopmentsChapter 7 Life among the MechanicsChapter 8 Religious Life and InstitutionsChapter 9 Life in the FactoriesChapter 10 Educational Life and InstitutionsChapter 11 Literary, Artistic, and Scientific LifeChapter 12 Life among the MinersChapter 13 Life in the Army and NavyChapter 14 Life in the Leading CitiesChapter 15 Frontier Life and DevelopmentsChapter 16 Judicial LifePart 17 Religious Freedom in JapanPart 18 The Religious Charter of the Empire of Dai Nippon

This is one of the few studies of the United States written by a non-Westerner, and Mori's observations of a country in transformation, having only shortly before emerged from civil war, are invaluable. Through this wide-ranging examination of American politics, economics, education, religion, and society the reader is also able to see factors influential to Mori's early qualified liberalism.

John E. Van Sant is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama—Birmingham. He is the author of Pacific Pioneers: Japanese Journeys to America and Hawaii, 1850-1880 (2000).

• Part 1 East Meets West: Mori Arinori and the Formative Years of U.S.-Japan RelationsPart 2 Life and Resources in AmericaChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Official and Political LifeChapter 5 Life among the Farmers and PlantersChapter 6 Commercial Life and DevelopmentsChapter 7 Life among the MechanicsChapter 8 Religious Life and InstitutionsChapter 9 Life in the FactoriesChapter 10 Educational Life and InstitutionsChapter 11 Literary, Artistic, and Scientific LifeChapter 12 Life among the MinersChapter 13 Life in the Army and NavyChapter 14 Life in the Leading CitiesChapter 15 Frontier Life and DevelopmentsChapter 16 Judicial LifePart 17 Religious Freedom in JapanPart 18 The Religious Charter of the Empire of Dai Nippon

This is one of the few studies of the United States written by a non-Westerner, and Mori's observations of a country in transformation, having only shortly before emerged from civil war, are invaluable. Through this wide-ranging examination of American politics, economics, education, religion, and society the reader is also able to see factors influential to Mori's early qualified liberalism.

John E. Van Sant is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama—Birmingham. He is the author of Pacific Pioneers: Japanese Journeys to America and Hawaii, 1850-1880 (2000).

• Part 1 East Meets West: Mori Arinori and the Formative Years of U.S.-Japan RelationsPart 2 Life and Resources in AmericaChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Official and Political LifeChapter 5 Life among the Farmers and PlantersChapter 6 Commercial Life and DevelopmentsChapter 7 Life among the MechanicsChapter 8 Religious Life and InstitutionsChapter 9 Life in the FactoriesChapter 10 Educational Life and InstitutionsChapter 11 Literary, Artistic, and Scientific LifeChapter 12 Life among the MinersChapter 13 Life in the Army and NavyChapter 14 Life in the Leading CitiesChapter 15 Frontier Life and DevelopmentsChapter 16 Judicial LifePart 17 Religious Freedom in JapanPart 18 The Religious Charter of the Empire of Dai Nippon

This is one of the few studies of the United States written by a non-Westerner, and Mori's observations of a country in transformation, having only shortly before emerged from civil war, are invaluable. Through this wide-ranging examination of American politics, economics, education, religion, and society the reader is also able to see factors influential to Mori's early qualified liberalism.