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Savoie: The Land, People, and Food of the French Alps
Savoie

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

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  • Billard, Thérèse. Thérèse Billard raconte ses jeunes années. Chambéry: Collection Gens de Savoie, 1987.
  • Boyer, Roland, Les noms de lieux de la Région du Mont Blanc. Imprimerie Fot, 1987.
  • Bravard, Y., and Chavoutier, L. La Tarentaise, Déclin et Renouveau Contemporain. Chambéry:

    • l’Histoire en Savoie, 1985,

  • Canziani, Estella. Costumes et Légendes de Savoie. Chambéry: Imprimeries Réunies, 1978.

    • Remarkable drawings and paintings by English painter Estella Canziani during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Since this book was adapted from the English edition by A. Van Gennep, the original edition in English, which was published in London between 1915 and 1920, must be available in British libraries.

  • Charvin, Abbé Marcel. Histoires de la Val d’Isère. Several editions, Val d’Isère, through the 1980s.
  • Chavoutier, Abbé Lucien. Saint Bon Courchevel. Chambéry: Trésors de la Savoie, 1978.
  • Dequier, D., and Viallet, J. H. Ln Village en Maurienne: farrier. Chambéry: l’Histoire en Savoie, 1982,
  • Desormeaux, Constantin. Dictionnaire Savoyard. Marseilles: Jeanne Lafitte, 1977.
  • Dompnier, P., and Amourous, C. La Haute Maurienne. Chambéry: Société Savoisienne d’Histoire et d’Archéologie, 1986.
  • Dubois, Yvonne. La Vallée des Cyclamens. Cerf, 1983.
  • Freppaz, Celestin, and Hudry, Maurice. La Vie traditionnelle en Haute Tarentaise. Curendera, 1987.
  • Gay, Maurice, and Balmat, Marie-France. Les Pellarins. Chamonix, 1986.
  • Goldstern, Emilie. Bessans. Curendera, 1987. Translated from the original German text published in 1922 in Vienna, Austria, and probably still easy to locate in Austrian libraries.
  • Hermann, Marie-Thérèse. Le Genevois. Chambéry: Société Savoisienne d’histoire et d’archéologie, 1987.
  • Hudry, Maurice. La Tarentaise. Colmar: SAEP, n.d., probably in the 1970s.
  • Justin, Albert. En Savoie, Vie, Moeurs et Coutumes du Haut Chablais. Alléra, 1979.
  • Lévy-Pinard, Germaine. La Vie quotidienne à Vallorcine au 18ème siecle. Annecy: Académie Salésienne, 1983.
  • Mamezy, Alain. Maurienne Terre Humaine. Chambéry: Société Savoisienne d’Histoire et d’Archéologie, 1984.
  • Paluel-Guillard, André. Le Beaufortain. Pamphlet. Chambéry: Société Savoisienne d’Histoire et Archéologie, 1970. This thin and inconspicuous booklet should not be missed; it contains a wealth of information on traditional life in the valleys around Beaufort.
  • Perrier, J. G. Le Petiou. Chambéry: Collection Gens de Savoie, 1981.
  • Soquet, Dr. Charles. Megève et son passé. Megève: 1980.
  • Souvy, Cyriel. Mortine au fil des Siècles. Jean Vuarnet, 1978.
  • Van Gennep, A, Culte populaire des Saints en Savoie. Maisonneuve et Laroze, 1973.
  • -. En Savoie du Berceau à la Tombe. Marseilles: Jeanne Lafitte, 1977-
  • Van Gennep’s works cover in details every angle of life in the traditional Savoie and should be considered the primary source for any ethnological study. His works cover all regions of the Savoie and are based on personal interviews with villagers, priests, trade and professional people.