In this analysis, Sarah A. Curtis shows how Catholic primary schooling played a key role in transforming France into a modern nation between 1830 and World War I. Focusing on Lyon, the Rhone, and the industrial Loire Valley - the most populated regions outside Paris - she finds persuasive evidence that Catholic teaching orders created the foundations for the modern French educational system.
In this analysis, Sarah A. Curtis shows how Catholic primary schooling played a key role in transforming France into a modern nation between 1830 and ...
