Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Chapter I. Introduction 1
5. Chapter II. The Genesis of the Reform Movement 34
6. Chapter III. The Ecole Unique under the Bloc National: Ancients, Moderns and Monarchists 65
7. Chapter IV. Failure of Hopes: The Cartel des Gauches Experiment 96
8. Chapter V. The Left and the Reshaping of the Ecole Unique 121
9. Chapter VI. The Politics of the Possible: Free Secondary Education 154
10. Chapter VII. Catholics and the Ecole Unique 179
11. Chapter VIII. Catholics and the Ecole Unique 179 viii The Popular 205
12. Conclusion 245
13. Selected Bibliography 262
14. Selected 271