The politics of age and generation in French communism, 1920/1931 -- Building a communist youth organization -- Age, generation, and Catholic anticommunism : the emergence of the J.O.C. -- Rereading the J.O.C. through the lens of gender : young women and the J.O.C.F. -- Youth and the emergence of communist antifascist politics -- Embracing the status quo : communists, young people, and popular front politics -- Refusing la main tendue : Catholics, the J.O.C., and the challenge of Communist Popular Front -- Politics
Summary
Examines how young people moved to the forefront of politics in France in the early twentieth century, analyzing how Communist and Catholic attempts to mobilize youth created youth movements with members who carried their commitments into WWII
