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Soldier And Peasant In French Popular Culture, 1766-1870

Concentrating on the militarised borderlands of eastern France, this book examines the disjuncture between the patriotic expectations of elites and the sentiments expressed in popular songs, folktales and imagery. It shows how the peasant recruit was separated from his previous life and re-educated in military mores.
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Concentrating on the militarised borderlands of eastern France, this book examines the disjuncture between the patriotic expectations of elites & the sentiments expressed in popular songs, folktales & imagery. It shows how the peasant recruit was separated from his previous life & re-educated in military mores.

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