CHAPTER IV Successful Initiatives: 1890-1945 / 159 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHAPTER V 
     
    
   
   
    
     A New Beginning / 161 
     
    

    
     The Key Issue: Education / 165 
     
    

    
     Religion and the Church / 183 
     
    

    
     Political Issues / 202 
     
    

    
     Agricultural Changes / 206 
     
    

    
     Fishermen Organize / 218 
     
    

    
     French Culture: A Difficult Struggle / 223 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Post-War Period: 1945-1980 / 225 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Rural Society in a State of Flux / 227 
     
     Economic Transformations / 229 
     
     Changes in the Church / 236 
     
     Education / 241 
     
    

    
     Growing Assimilation / 249 
     
    

    
     Great Strides / 253 
     
    
   
   
    
     Notes and References / 256 
     
     Bibliography / 279 
     
     Index / 288