Half title page -- Full title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreward -- Preface to the Englsih Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. My First Impressions of the US -- 2. The Expansion of the American Frontier -- 3. Evolution of the Forms of Agriculture -- 4. The Industrialization of the US -- 5. Ethnic Diversity and Social Problems (Part I) -- 6. Ethnic Diversity and Social Problems (Part II) -- 7. The Operation of the American Economy -- 8. The Urban-Rural Divide and Class Alienation (Part I) -- 9. The Urban-Rural Divide and Class Alienation (Part II) -- 10. The American Political System -- 11. The Cultural Veins of American Development -- 12. Tides of Cultural Change -- 13. The Search for Meaning -- 14. An Unfinished Empire and Corrupted Capitalism -- 15. Lingering Thoughts and a Message for China’s Future.