Table of Contents

Preface; 1. French education in the period immediately preceding the Revolution; 2. Eighteenth-century criticisms of education under the Ancien Regime; 3. Pre-Revolution projects for a national system of education; 4. The States-General. The cahiers. Mirabeau's educational project; 5. Talleyrand's report; 6. The Legislative Assembly, Condorcet's report. The education of women; 7. The Convention. The reports of Lanthenas and Romme; 8. The Sieye's-Daunou-Lakanal report. National festivals. Lepelletier's project; 9. Romme's report of 1793. The cult of the Supreme Being; 10. L'Ecole Polytechnique. L'Ecole des Armes. L'Ecole de Mars; 11. Ecoles de sante. The Museum. L'Ecole Normale. Other ecoles speciales; 12. Lakanal's law on primary education. The central schools. The Daunou law of 1795; 13. Independent schools under the Directory. Development of the central schools; 14. The Consulate. The Chaptal report of 1800. The Fourcroy law of 1802; 15. Educational influence of the Revolution. Napoleon and the Imperial University; 16. Subsequent influence in France, England, the United States and Germany; Appendices; Index.

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