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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French |  | Authors: Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 30299
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 351
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1402200455
EAN: 9781402200458
ASIN: 1402200455
Publication Date: May 1, 2003
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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 power
So 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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