The French Exception
France - Still So Special?
Published on 3. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-86197-319-1 (ISBN)
Description
Are the French really as special as they believe? And if so is that the secret of their extraordinary success in art, cookery, and fashion in la bonne vie? Or the reason for their economic failure, endless strikes and high unemployment. The high-speed TGV railway, the Louvre pyramid, post-war cinema, France has produced many distinctive achievements which are the envy of the rest of the world. But it is also a country plagued by political corruption and extremism, widespread pessimism and a heavy bureaucracy. What does vive la difference really amount to and is it still in the interests of France or the rest of us in Europe?
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
262 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86197-319-1 (9781861973191)
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06/2000
Profile Books Ltd
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Person
Andrew Jack was for many years Paris correspondent for the Financial Times before becoming the paper's Moscow correspondent. He has won the British Press Award as well as major French awards.