CHAPTER One THE POLITICAL PATTERN Ⅰ：FROM SEDAN TO THE FALL OF THIERS 1
Two THE POLITICAL PATTERN Ⅱ：THE GOVERNMENT OF MORAL ORDER 45
Three POPULATION 75
Four AGRICULTURE 85
Five THE PATTERN OF INDUSTRY 114
Six THE CHURCH AND EDUCATION 148
Seven THE SIXTEENTH OF MAY 160
Eight THE REPUBLIC OF THE REPUBLICANS 188
Nine THE PROBLEM OF THE ORDERS 203
Ten FROM FERRY TO GAMBETTA 212
Eleven THE PATTERN OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT 228
Twelve FREYCINET AND EGYPT 233
Thirteen FERRY 240
Fourteen FERRY AND THE COLONIES 246
Fifteen THE 1885 ELECTION 260
Sixteen THE RISE OF BOULANGER 265
Seventeen BOULANGISM 275
Eighteen THE RALLIEMENT 292
Nineteen PANAMA 299
Twenty LABOUR AND SOCIALISM 327
Twenty-One THE RUSSIAN ALLIANCE 344
Twenty-Two THE PURSUIT OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY 356
Twenty-Three THE END OF AN EPOCH 368
Appendix 377
Ⅰ ALSACE-LORRAINE 377
Ⅱ THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 378
Ⅲ THE PREFECTORIAL SYSTEM 379
Ⅳ WAS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY＇CONSTITUENT＇？ 383
Ⅴ THE CONSEIL D＇ETAT 384
Ⅵ THE ELECTION OF LIFE SENATORS IN DECEMBER 1875 385
Ⅶ PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE 386
Ⅷ AGRICULTURAL WAGES 391
Ⅸ COMPARATIVE COSTS IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH WORSTED AND WOOL TRADES 392
Ⅹ LIMITED LIABILITY 394
Ⅺ THE SECRECY OF THE VOTE 395
Ⅻ GAMBETTA AND LEONIE LEON 396
Notes and References 397
Bibliography 413
Index 423