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Examining the attitudes toward the education of the lower classes in eighteenth- century France, Harvey Chisick uncovers severe limitations to enlightened social thought. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguishe



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables and Graphs, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Note on Usage, pg. xiv*Abbreviations, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter IOTA. The Elements of the Problem, pg. 18*Chapter II. The Debate on Popular Education to 1769, pg. 76*Chapter III. The Debate: 1770-1789, pg. 128*Chapter IV. The Climate of Opinion in France: 1762-1789, pg. 183*Chapter V. The Impasse: Images of the People and the Limits of Reform, pg. 245*Conclusion, pg. 278*Bibliography, pg. 291*Index, pg. 313

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691614977, 978-0691614977
      ISBN10: 0691614970

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Examining the attitudes toward the education of the lower classes in eighteenth- century France, Harvey Chisick uncovers severe limitations to enlightened social thought. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguishe



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Tables and Graphs, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Note on Usage, pg. xiv*Abbreviations, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter IOTA. The Elements of the Problem, pg. 18*Chapter II. The Debate on Popular Education to 1769, pg. 76*Chapter III. The Debate: 1770-1789, pg. 128*Chapter IV. The Climate of Opinion in France: 1762-1789, pg. 183*Chapter V. The Impasse: Images of the People and the Limits of Reform, pg. 245*Conclusion, pg. 278*Bibliography, pg. 291*Index, pg. 313

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