| Illustrations | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Chronology of Major Events | |
| Glossary | |
| Introduction. Frontier Fictions | 3 |
| 1 | A Manifest Destiny Diverted, 1804-1896 | 15 |
| 2 | Limning the Landscape: Geographical Depictions of the Homeland, 1850s-1896 | 47 |
| 3 | From Riches to Ruins: The Political Economy of Frontiers, 1897-1906 | 75 |
| 4 | Political Parables: Iran's Frontier Crucible, 1906-1914 | 101 |
| 5 | Coercing Camaraderie: The War, the Military, and the Myth of Riza Khan, 1914-1926 | 144 |
| 6 | Parenting Little Patriots: Domesticating the Homeland, 1921-1926 | 180 |
| Conclusion. What's in a Name? From Persia to Iran, 1926-1946 | 216 |
| Notes | 227 |
| Bibliography | 285 |
| Index | 301 |
