Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Preface: The View from the Edge of the Center xvii
6. Stephanos Vogorides’ Apologia, November 1852 1
7. 1. The Houses of Phanar 5
8. 2. Volatile Synthesis 41
9. 3. Demolitions 65
10. 4. Phanariot Remodeling and the Struggle for Continuity 85
11. 5. Diplomacy and the Restoration of a New Order 107
12. 6. In the Eye of the Storm 152
13. Appendix A: Genealogies of the Vogorides, Musurus, and Aristarchi Families 177
14. Appendix B: Phanariot Dignitaries in the Four High Offices of Dragoman (Grand Dragoman; Dragoman of the Fleet) and Voyvoda (of Wallachia and Moldavia), 1661–1821 183
15. Notes 187
16. Bibliography 243
17. Acknowledgments 265
18. Index 269