The French Way The Truth Behind the Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs

by Steele, Ross

• ISBN13: 9780071428071
• ISBN10: 0071428070
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-14
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

If you're traveling to or doing business in France and want to avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings, The French Way is the most up-to-date guide to French culture. Written by renowned French culture expert Ross Steele, the book offers a uniquely impartial perspective on how the French think, the country's customs, and other traits of a changing society and a people that perennially both fascinate and infuriate!

Author Biography

Ross Steele is an established author and a professor of French at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Introduction	xi
Abbreviations and Acronyms	1	(3)
Accents and Language	4	(2)
Americanization	6	(3)
Anglo-Saxon	9	(1)
Animals	9	(1)
Bleu-blanc-rouge	10	(1)
Bourgeoisie	11	(1)
Branche	12	(1)
Bread and Pastries	13	(1)
Bridges and Tunnels	14	(1)
Business	15	(3)
Cafes	18	(1)
Calling Cards	19	(1)
Chanson	20	(1)
Chic and Designer Luxury Goods	21	(1)
Cinema	22	(2)
Cocorico!	24	(1)
Conversation	25	(1)
Cultural Tourism	26	(1)
Culture	27	(1)
Decorations	28	(1)
Documents and Forms	28	(2)
Drinking	30	(1)
Driving	31	(2)
Ecology	33	(1)
Education	34	(2)
Europe	36	(3)
Extra!	39	(1)
Family	40	(1)
Fashion	41	(2)
Flowers and Gardens	43	(1)
Francophonie	43	(2)
Friendship	45	(1)
Frogs and Snails, Garlic and Truffles	45	(1)
Gambling	46	(1)
Gastronomy and Restaurants	47	(2)
Gendarmes and Demonstrations	49	(1)
Gestures	50	(2)
Government and Politics	52	(2)
Grandeur	54	(1)
Greetings and Farewells	55	(1)
Guillotine	56	(1)
Health and Fitness	57	(2)
Heroes and Heroines	59	(1)
Hexagon	60	(2)
High Tech	62	(1)
Holidays	63	(4)
Housing	67	(2)
Humor	69	(2)
Immigration	71	(2)
Je t'aime, je t'adore	73	(1)
Joie de vivre	74	(1)
Kilos	74	(1)
Kissing	75	(1)
Leisure	76	(1)
Liberte, egalite, fraternite	77	(1)
Logic	78	(1)
Marriage and Divorce	79	(2)
La Marseillaise	81	(1)
Meals	82	(1)
Media	83	(3)
Men and Women	86	(2)
Money	88	(1)
Names and Name Days	89	(2)
Numbers	91	(2)
Overseas Departments and Territories	93	(2)
Paris	95	(1)
Parisians	96	(1)
Politeness and Directness	97	(2)
Population	99	(2)
Queues (Lines)	101	(1)
Regionalization	102	(1)
Religion	103	(3)
Republic	106	(2)
Rights	108	(1)
Shopping	109	(2)
Sports	111	(2)
Street Names and Addresses	113	(1)
Time	114	(2)
Transportation	116	(1)
Urban and Rural Life	117	(3)
Vacations	120	(2)
Vive la difference!	122	(1)
Work and Unemployment	123	(3)
World Wars and Colonial Wars	126	(2)
X	128	(1)
Xenophobia	129	(1)
Young People	130	(3)
Zapping	133	(1)
Zut!	133	(2)
Useful Websites	135	(2)
Index	137