Resumen de Greek Sovereign Debt and Loans in 19th-Century Public Discourse

Maria Christina Chatziioannou

• This article focuses on a sovereign state, Greece, obliged, virtually from its birth, to repay debt obligations throughout the 19th century.

  Who were the main actors in a “non-reciprocal” political and economic relationship? Greek politicians, foreign diplomats and financiers, Greek journalists all perceived, negotiated or popularized the theme of Greek sovereign debt and defaults according to different political agendas, cultural backgrounds and expectations. Our chief interest here lies in how the Greek debt story was shaped and presented through the press, a new institution in Greece.