Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Beginnings in Bakumatsu Japan
2 Hoping for Change
3 In the Midst of a Restoration
4 Persecution
5 Overseas Students
6 Teaching in the Provinces and in Tokyo
7 Reinforcements and New Beginnings
8 The Yokohama Band

Conclusion

Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

A study of a crucial, but neglected, era in the history ofJapanese-American relations – the formation of Protestantmissions.

About the Author

Hamish Ion is a professor of history at the RoyalMilitary College of Canada.

Reviews

Indispensable read for any scholar of the Meiji era or Christianity in Japan.
*Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 37/1*