Osborne, Thomas R.: A Grande Ecole for the Grands Corps. The Recruitment and Training of the French Administrative Elite in the Nineteenth Centruy - Brooklyn College Studies on Society in Change 29. (New York, 1983)
A GRANDE ECOLE FOR THE GRANDS CORPS THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF THE FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE ELITE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THOMAS R. OSBORNE SOCIAL SCIENCE MONOGRAPHS, BOULDER DISTRIBUTED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW YORK 1983