Un empire informel en MéditerranéeLes consuls de France en Grèce et dans l’Empire ottoman : images, ingérences, colonisation (1815-1856)
Publication type: Book
Author:Massé (Alexandre)
Abstract: Faced with Greek independence and the reforms undertaken in the Ottoman Empire, French consuls increased their interference in affairs there. They legitimized this by developing a colonialist discourse that presented France as invested with a civilizing mission in the East.