Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Prologue 1
5. Part One. The Era Of Hopes and Accomplishments
6. 1. Prelude to Reform, 1866-1870 19
7. 2. History's Role in the Regeneration of the Fatherland 36
8. 3.The Institutionalization of Historical Study in the New Sorbonne 55
9. 4. In Search Of La Methode Historique 75
10. 5.History as Civic Instruction: The Conflict Of Science and Patriotism 90
11. 6.The Record Of Scholarly Achievement, 1876-1900 101
12. Part Two. Interdisciplinary Conflicts and Revised Objectives
13. 7. The Challenge of the Science Of Society 111
14. 8. Henri Βerr and the "Terrible Craving for Synthesis" 125
15. 9. The Dissolution of the Republican Consensus 141
16. 10. Social Science and the Restoration of the Republican Synthesis 163
17. Epilogue 208
18. Appendices Notes Works Cited Index
19. Appendix A 218
20. Appendix Β 219
21. Appendix C 220
22. Appendix D 222
23. Appendix Ε 224
24. Appendix F 225
25. Appendix G 227
26. Appendix Η 229
27. Notes 231
28. Works Cited 266
29. Index 279