Hi Gloria, The price is quite high - too bad! and believe it or not (not sure if you noticed when you Googled), the Amazon price is the lowest! Unfortunately, all of the hits were for either purchasing the book or a journal article. There was one link with a moderately long review by Janet Hartley. It does sound very interesting and I also thank Robert Behra for bringing the book to our attention. For now I have added it to my Amazon wish list! Linda in Costa Rica Monroe County, NY Records and Family Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ Monroe County, NY History http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~monroenys/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Gloria Ishida To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: 16 March, 2008 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] A couple of books of potential interest Thanks for this very interesting reference. If one goes to google books, type in the title, there are a lot more references, book reviews,etc. about the book. these are helpful if one cannot buy (75 dollars at amazon) or access the book in a library. I have Lorraine ancestors who were in the military (non-elit). Gloria Ishida On 3 17, 2008, at 3:10 AM, RobtBehra@aol.com wrote: > I recently came across a couple of books at work (the Marriott Library, > University of Utah) that I thought might be of interest to some on the > list. > Since neither is brand new, you may already have come across them > yourselves. I > haven't had time to read them, so I can't give you all that much > information > about them. > > Soldier and peasant in French popular culture, 1766-1870, by David M. > Hopkin > (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England : The Royal Historical Society, The > Boydell > Press, 2003) > >> From the author's introduction: "... this book is not primarily >> concerned > with the French army. Rather it is a study of popular mentalities > through one > particular facet, attitudes to the military. I am less concerned > with the > army's ability to fill its ranks than with what the peasant thought > about his > son becoming a soldier. ... I start in 1766, the year which witnessed > the 'r > éunion' of Lorraine with France. Lorraine, together with the > contiguous > provinces of Alsace, Champagne and Franche-Comté, was the central > location for my > research."