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 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

• | Author: Benoit-Nadeau
• | Publisher: Sourcebooks
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 351 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1402200455
• | ISBN-13: 9781402200458