000			01380nam a2200181 4500
020			_a9781861057150
024			_a491457965
050			_aDC34
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100	1		_aJean-Benoit Nadeau
245	1		_aSixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
260			_bRobson Books Ltd
300			_a368 pages
520			_aThe French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans. They work 35-hour weeks and take seven weeks' paid holiday each year, yet they are the world's fourth-biggest economic power. So how do they do it? From a distance modern France looks like a riddle. It is both rigidly authoritarian, yet incredibly inventive; traditional (even archaic) yet modern; lacking clout on the international stage yet still hugely influential. But with the observations, anecdotes and analysis of the authors, who spent nearly three years living in France, it begins to makes sense. 'Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong' is a journey into the French heart, mind and soul. This book reveals French ideas about land, food, privacy and language and weaves together the threads of French society, uncovering the essence of life in France and giving, for the first time, a complete picture of the French.
650			_aHistory - Europe
700	1		_aJulie Barlow
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