Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2003-4 No 50-4, 2003/4 - 240 pagesPolitics, Negotiation, and Culture in the Mediterranean BasinPages 7 to 28Charles V, Malta, and Defense of the MediterraneanBy Michel FontenayPages 29 to 62Trade and Personal Wealth Accumulation in Tunis from the Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth CenturiesBy Sadok BoubakerPages 63 to 91Diplomacy and Cross-Cultural Values: The French Consuls in Tunis, 1700 – 1840By Christian WindlerPages 92 to 107The French School in Athens at the Heart of Franco-Greek Relations, 1846 – 1946The “Middle Class” in FrancePages 108 to 134Pluralistic Discourse and a Unique History (1870 – 2000)By Christophe CharlePages 135 to 154The Middle Class of Employers in the Third Republic Following a Franco-German ComparisonBy Klaus-Peter SickReadingsPages 155 to 163Patrick Verley and L'Echelle du mondeBy Christopher H. JohnsonPages 164 to 227ReviewsBy Hélène Rousteau-Chambon