Note on Primary Sources, Transliteration, Ethnonyms, and Place Names
Map 1. Goncharov’s Travels in 1852–1855. The travelogue breaks off when Goncharov arrives in Irkutsk, Siberia. He later journeyed to St. Petersburg, stopping over in his hometown of Simbirsk.
Introduction
1. From London to Cape Town, or How to Run a Successful Empire
2. Pineapples in Petersburg, Cabbage Soup on the Equator
3. Prying Open Japan, Prospecting Korea
4. Eastward Ho!
5. Russians Confront Human Diversity
6. The Bestseller and Its Afterlife
Appendix
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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