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The French Economic Interests in the Ottoman Empire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Michelle Raccagni
Michelle Raccagni
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French economic development under the July Monarchy led the class that most benefited by it, the bourgeoisie, to demand increased political power. It was in the interest of the new regime of 1852, whose establishment was made possible by the support of the bourgeoisie, to favor the investment of capital acquired by its supporters, and to find new outlets abroad for the goods produced at an ever growing rate by France's new factories.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , May 1980 , pp. 339 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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