"Not the least of this volume's strengths is its evocation of a bygone era when family values sustained rather than undermined the welfare state." Philip Nord, Princeton University

• Preface; Part I. As It Was: Catholic and the Republic 1890–1914: 1. Ralliés et dérailleurs: Catholics and subversion; 2. Le sabre et le goupillon: Catholics and the army; 3. Raison d'état, raison d'église: the Roman dimension; Part II. As It Was: Catholics and State Employment: 4. Problems and principles; 5. Patterns of preferment; 6. Ronds-de-cuir, genoux de chameau: other sectors; 7. The Brotherhood at work; 8. Marianne at school; Part III. As It Became: 1914–1994: 9. La grande illusion? 1914–1939; 10. The leopard's spots, 1940–1960; 11. Croquet through the looking glass: rules and identity in question, 1960–1994; Notes; Sources.

"Not the least of this volume's strengths is its evocation of a bygone era when family values sustained rather than undermined the welfare state." Philip Nord, Princeton University

• Preface; Part I. As It Was: Catholic and the Republic 1890–1914: 1. Ralliés et dérailleurs: Catholics and subversion; 2. Le sabre et le goupillon: Catholics and the army; 3. Raison d'état, raison d'église: the Roman dimension; Part II. As It Was: Catholics and State Employment: 4. Problems and principles; 5. Patterns of preferment; 6. Ronds-de-cuir, genoux de chameau: other sectors; 7. The Brotherhood at work; 8. Marianne at school; Part III. As It Became: 1914–1994: 9. La grande illusion? 1914–1939; 10. The leopard's spots, 1940–1960; 11. Croquet through the looking glass: rules and identity in question, 1960–1994; Notes; Sources.

"Not the least of this volume's strengths is its evocation of a bygone era when family values sustained rather than undermined the welfare state." Philip Nord, Princeton University

• Preface; Part I. As It Was: Catholic and the Republic 1890–1914: 1. Ralliés et dérailleurs: Catholics and subversion; 2. Le sabre et le goupillon: Catholics and the army; 3. Raison d'état, raison d'église: the Roman dimension; Part II. As It Was: Catholics and State Employment: 4. Problems and principles; 5. Patterns of preferment; 6. Ronds-de-cuir, genoux de chameau: other sectors; 7. The Brotherhood at work; 8. Marianne at school; Part III. As It Became: 1914–1994: 9. La grande illusion? 1914–1939; 10. The leopard's spots, 1940–1960; 11. Croquet through the looking glass: rules and identity in question, 1960–1994; Notes; Sources.