Part 1 The country and its people: the country; the people of France; work. Part 2 Daily life in France: the family; education; leisure activities; the media; sport; food; wine; cheese; restaurants and cafes; shopping; transport and communications. Part 3 Paris: the importance of Paris; Paris and its past; Paris today; important buildings and places of interest; working Paris; leisure and entertainment; Paris transport; modern building in Paris; development and town planning in Paris. Part 4 The provinces and regions of France: origins; the development of the regions - French regional policy; the northern industrial area - Nord/Pas-de-Calais; the Ile de France and the Paris region; Normandy; Brittany; Western France and the Atlantic coast - Poitou-charentes; Alsace - Lorraine - Les Vosges; Burgundy, the Jura and the Franche-Comte; the Loire Valley - Anjou and Touraine; South-west France and Aquitaine - the Dordogne, Les Landes, the Pyrenees and the Basque country; Languedoc-Roussillon and the Midi-Pyrenees; the Massif Central - Limousin and Auvergne; the Rhone/Saone valley; Provence and the Cote d-Azur (Riviera) and Corsica; the French Alps - Savoy-Dauphiny. Part 5 France's past: origins and early history; from the middle ages to the Renaissance; Louis XIV and the classical period; the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte; the 19th century; the 20th century; the post-war period.
