From: Rod Phillips, History, Carleton University, Ottawa [log in to unmask] Last week Geoffrey Giles pointed to the difficulty he had experienced obtaining copies of Blocker and Warsh (eds), The Changing Face of Drink. This alarmed me because I plan to use the book in a course that starts in January, so I contacted the publisher at the University of Ottawa (about two kilometers from Carleton) and forwarded Professor Giles's comments. I received this reply: > Dear Professor Phillips, > > Thank you for your enquiry regarding The Changing Face of Drink, > edited by Blocker and Warsh, published by Les publications Histoire > sociale - Social History Inc. You may be interested to know that the > copies of this book sent to the University of Florida in Gainsville > were shipped October 5 in response to an order that had been placed > by telephone in September. I did not receive an order from the > bookstore in July; I have been through all the files checking to make > sure that I had not overlooked a fax or other message. > > Sincerely, > Valerie Kremer > editorial coordinator > Histoire sociale - Social History > Clearly there's a problem here, but who knows where it's located. For what it's worth, Ms Kremer went on to assure me that copies are available. I've found this a good volume of essays, and I hope that any difficulties in responding to orders have been sorted out. Roderick Phillips Editor, Journal of Family History/ Professor, Department of History ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Tel: (613) 520-2600 ext 2824; fax: (613) 520-2819 Email address: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------