The Politics of Educational Reform in France, 1918-1940 / / John E. Talbott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Talbott, John E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1997
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Professor Talbott describes the effort in France to democratize the educational system, particularly in the secondary schools, and to reform the traditional educational structure laid down by the Jesuits in the seventeenth century.Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. The Genesis of the Reform Movement -- Chapter III. The Ecole Unique under the Bloc National: Ancients, Moderns and Monarchists -- Chapter IV. Failure of Hopes: The Cartel des Gauches Experiment -- Chapter V. The Left and the Reshaping of the Ecole Unique -- Chapter VI. The Politics of the Possible: Free Secondary Education -- Chapter VII. Catholics and the Ecole Unique -- Chapter VIII. Catholics and the Ecole Unique 179 viii The Popular -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected