Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French
The French...-Smoke, drink and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans-Work 35-hour weeks, and take seven weeks of paid holidays per year, but are still the world's fourth-biggest economic powerSo what makes the French so different?Sixty...
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The French...-Smoke, drink and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans-Work 35-hour weeks, and take seven weeks of paid holidays per year, but are still the world's fourth-biggest economic powerSo what makes the French so different?Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong is a journey into the French heart, mind and soul. Decrypting French ideas about land, privacy and language, Nadeau and Barlow weave together the threads of French society--from centralization and the Napoleonic Code to elite education and even street protests--giving us, for the first time, a complete picture of the French."[A] readable and insightful piece of work." --Montreal Mirror"In an era of irrational reactions to all things French, here is an eminently rational answer to the question, 'Why are the French like that?'" --Library Journal"A must-read." --Edmonton Journal
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402200458 (1402200455)
ASIN: 1402200455
Publish date: May 1st 2003
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Pages no: 351
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
History,
Cultural,
Culture,
Politics,
Sociology,
France,
Cultural Studies,
Society
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Lots of useful info about France and the French. Key info for me: French rudeness; French history especially during WWII; education in France.