- 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


A World of Empires
The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada
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Publication Date: 04/16/2018