Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
Why We Love France but Not the French
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2003
Summary
A historical and cultural guide revealing the French approach to land, food, privacy, language, and more and how globalization led France to become one of the unlikeliest influential countries in the world.
The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans. They work 35-hour weeks and take seven weeks’ paid vacation each year, yet they are the world’s fourth-biggest economic power. So how do they do it?…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781402200458 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1402200455 |
| Author: | Jean Nadeau, Julie Barlow |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 152mm x 61mm |
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About The Author
Jean Nadeau
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1964, Jean-Benoit Nadeau holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from McGill University. A journalist since 1987, he has written for L’actualite, Saturday Night Magazine, National Post Business, and Quebec Science.
The holder of seventeen journalism awards, he was granted a two-year fellowship in 1998 by the Institute for Current World Affairs to study why the French resist globalization. In 2001, he published a humorous travelogue, Les francais aussi ont un accent. He has also traveled in Mexico, the UK, New Zealand, and Algeria.
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