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" The French way : "
Ross Steele
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BL
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| Record Number
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713428
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b535617
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| Main Entry
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Steele, Ross
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The French way : : the keys to the behavior, attitudes, and customs of the French /\ Ross Steele
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: McGraw-Hill,, c2006
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xii, 147 p. :: maps ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0071428070
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: 9780071428071
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136) and index
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| Contents
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Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- 1: Abbreviations and acronyms -- 2: Accents and language -- 3: Americanization -- 4: Anglo-Saxon -- 5: Animals -- 6: Bleu-blanc-rouge -- 7: Bourgeoisie -- 8: Branche -- 9: Bread and pastries -- 10: Bridges and tunnels -- 11: Business -- 12: Cafes -- 13: Calling cards -- 14: Chanson -- 15: Chic and designer luxury goods -- 16: Cinema -- 17: Cocorico! -- 18: Conversation -- 19: Cultural tourism -- 20: Culture -- 21: Decorations -- 22: Documents and forms -- 23: Drinking -- 24: Driving -- 25: Ecology -- 26: Education -- 27: Europe -- 28: Extra! -- 29: Family -- 30: Fashion -- 31: Flowers and gardens -- 32: Francophonie -- 33: Friendship -- 34: Frogs and snails, garlic and truffles -- 35: Gambling -- 36: Gastronomy and restaurants -- 37: Gendarmes and demonstrations -- 38: Gestures -- 39: Government and politics -- 40: Grandeur -- 41: Greetings and farewells -- 42: Guillotine -- 43: Health and fitness -- 44: Heroes and heroines -- 45: Hexagon -- 46: High tech -- 47: Holidays -- 48: Housing -- 49: Humor -- 50: Immigration -- 51: Je t'aime, je t'adore -- 52: Joie de vivre -- 53: Kilos -- 54: Kissing -- 55: Leisure -- 56: Liberte, egalite, fraternite -- 57: Logic -- 58: Marriage and divorce -- 59: La Marseillaise -- 60: Meals -- 61: Media -- 62: Men and women -- 63: Money -- 64: Names and name days -- 65: Numbers -- 66: Overseas departments and territories -- 67: Paris -- 68: Parisians -- 69: Politeness and directness -- 70: Population -- 71: Queues (lines) -- 72: Regionalization -- 73: Religion -- 74: Republic -- 75: Rights -- 76: Shopping -- 77: Sports -- 78: Street names and addresses -- 79: Time -- 80: Transportation -- 81: Urban and rural life -- 82: Vacations -- 83: Vive la difference! -- 84: Work and unemployment -- 85: World wars and colonial wars -- 86: X -- 87: Xenophobia -- 88: Young people -- 89: Zapping -- 90: Zut! -- Useful Websites -- Index
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From the Publisher: Achieve savoir faire and fit into French culture with ease. Written by an internationally renowned expert in French culture, Ross Steele, this second edition of The French Way offers a uniquely impartial and fully up-to-date perspective on French attitudes, tastes, and customs regarding everything from business style (formal) to pets (doted on), conversation (an art form) to humor (satiric, political), love (truly, madly, deeply) to time ("Better late than never!"). With the help of The French Way, you will: understand how people from every corner of France interact, do business, and live their daily lives; become well-versed in ninety major topics including food, family, holidays, the media, religion, sports, money, entertainment, and le shopping; learn the truth about common myths and misconceptions concerning the French and communicate comfortably with French-speaking people without committing faux pas
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National characteristics, French
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France, Social life and customs
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| LC Classification
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DC34.S74 2006
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