Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2005-1 No 52-1, 2005/1 - pagesPages 7 to 38Coastal Trade in the Mediterranean in the 17th and 18th CenturiesBy Gilbert ButiPages 39 to 63Physicians and Patients in Geneva: The Medical Marketplace in Modern TimesBy Philip RiederPages 64 to 94The Limits of Knowledge: Physicians and Pregnant Women in the Maternity Hospital of the University of Göttingen around 1800By Jürgen SchlumbohmPages 95 to 127Three Adventurers in English Print Media in the 18th Century: Nathaniel Crouch, John Dunton, and Thomas GentBy Gilles DuvalPages 129 to 146Die Frauen-Zeitung and l'Almanach des Femmes, Final Forum of “the 1848 Women's Movement”Pages 147 to 174The French National Printing Press during the Paris Commune of 1871By Gwladys LongeardPages 175 to 197The Launching of Serial Novels: The Case of Le Journal (1892 – 1935)By Benoît LenoblePages 198 to 205Diplomacy: A Foreign Experience?By Jocelyne DakhliaPages 206 to 244ReadingsBy Françoise Waquet