Primary Schools and Youth Groups in Pre-War Paris
Les "Petites A's"
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10074606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted W Margadant (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 323-336 |
| Publication date | 1978-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200947801300208 |
| OpenAlex | W2018857135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Between 1894 and 1904 over 6,000 primary schools in France established youth clubs, known as 'petites Amicales' or 'petites A's', for their graduates. These Amicales were 'little' because most of their members were teenagers, unlike the graduates of lycees and teacher training schools, who were nearly adults when they left school and joined their own alumni associations. Yet the statutes of the Petites A's were modelled on these adult Amicales, and many of them were registered with the police in accordance with the law on associations of 1901. Indeed, the primary school Amicale was one of the most common types of voluntary societies which proliferated in France around the turn of the century. Some Petites A's joined the national organization of Republican educational reformers known as the Ligue de l'Enseignement, and many took part in regional federations. According to the Ministry of Public Instruction, they had over 700,000 members on the eve of the war. Theirs was the largest sector of the Republican youth movement whose social origins, cultural aspirations, and organizational links with public schools have been overlooked by historians. Even specialists in educational history have attributed little if any significance to the youth clubs of pre-war France, and the term 'petite A' seems to have vanished from historical consciousness.' This paper will describe briefly the national campaign for Republican youth clubs in the schools and then present some examples of Amicales which teachers founded in a working-class area of Paris, the 12th arrondissement. I am especially interested in the social and cultural implications of these societies, and it is for this
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1987 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |