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