The limits of reform in the Enlightenment : attitudes toward the education of the lower classes in eighteenth-century France / Harvey Chisick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chisick, Harvey, 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy library.

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--France--History--18th century.

Education.

Enlightenment--France.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Graphs

Acknowledgments

Note on Usage

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter Ι. The Elements of the Problem

Chapter II. The Debate on Popular Education to 1769

Chapter III. The Debate: 1770-1789

Chapter IV. The Climate of Opinion in France: 1762-1789

Chapter V. The Impasse: Images of the People and the Limits of Reform

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [291]-311.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4008-5349-4

OCLC:

885020226