{"product_id":"unintended-nations-frances-empire-of-civilization-southeast-europe-and-the-post-napoleonic-world-hardcover","title":"Unintended Nations: France's Empire of Civilization, Southeast Europe, and the Post-Napoleonic World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Tipei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of Napoleon's defeat in 1815, French liberals set out to create an informal empire. Their efforts to cultivate unequal partnerships with Christian, Greek-speaking elites in southeast Europe shaped national identities and structured global civilizational hierarchies over the decades that followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnintended Nations\u003c\/i\u003e tracks a notion of civilization that developed in early nineteenth-century France. Alex Tipei explores the constellation of ideas, beliefs, and practices this concept invoked - what she calls civilization-speak - and charts the cross-continental networks that employed it as an organizing principle. Drawing on archival and printed primary sources in six languages, Tipei maps out the uses of this civilization-speak on both sides of the continent, focusing on France and the lands that make up significant parts of present-day Greece and Romania. She shows how and why French liberals mobilized civilization-speak to, offering an innovative analysis of liberalism and capitalism's relationship to informal empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalling into question long-standing assumptions about the rise of nationalism in southeast Europe, \u003ci\u003eUnintended Nations\u003c\/i\u003e explores how Franco-Balkan exchanges helped define political, civilizational, and biopolitical boundaries in the post-Napoleonic era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex R. Tipei is assistant professor of history at the Université de Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.13 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48383432884473,"sku":"9780228024583","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ExXX92leD89780228024583.webp?v=1778443501","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unintended-nations-frances-empire-of-civilization-southeast-europe-and-the-post-napoleonic-world-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}