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HOPKIN (David M.)
Soldier & Peasant in French Popular Culture, 1766-1870.
1st Ed., xiii+394pp., 55 illus. VG in dw. Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press.
2003
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Most absorbing study of the perception of the soldiery (mostly conscript) during the period: "In the state-sponsored rituals of conscription, & the popular imagery aimed at adolescent males, the army was portrayed as a place where young men could indulge in adventure & idleness, far away from parental & communal restraints. It was the lure of personal liberty, rather than the rhetoric of patriotic duty, that made conscription palatable for peasants..." Hardbackl edition, VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£20
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