The Arrogance Of French
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The Arrogance Of French
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Author : Richard Z. Chesnoff
language : en
Publisher: Sentinel
Release Date : 2006-05-30
The Arrogance Of French written by Richard Z. Chesnoff and has been published by Sentinel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-30 with France categories.
The French have given Americans a harder time on the international stage than anyone else. Driven by their own self-importance, and their frustration at no longer being a superpower, the French talk down to us with galling self-righteousness. They love our movies and our fast foods, yet hate our values, our politics, and especially our president. But as Richard Z. Chesnoff points out, the love-hate relationship between France and America didn't start with George W. Bush-or even Ronald Reagan. It goes all the way back to the days of Benjamin Franklin and that uppity Rene Descartes. (Never trust a man named Rene.) And compared to Charles DeGaulle, Jacques Chirac is a piece of cake to work with. Chesnoff has lived in France for the past twenty years while writing for major American magazines and newspapers. He explains how the French really think and what drives their jealousy and arrogance. His maddening experiences while living among the French will raise your blood pressure, make you laugh, and give you plenty of reasons to jeer. This is the perfect book for anyone fed up with the folks who would be speaking German today if not for the USA, and who ought to be just a little more grateful in return. Book jacket.
The Arrogance Of The French
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Author : Richard Z. Chesnoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Arrogance Of The French written by Richard Z. Chesnoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
Imagine the fun Mark Twain would have had with France's undeclared war on America. That's the kind of humorous insight that journalist Chesnoff delivers in this amusing look at America's oldest love-hate relationship.
The Most Arrogant Man In France
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Author : Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2007-04
The Most Arrogant Man In France written by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04 with Art categories.
The modern artist strives to be independent of the public's taste--and yet depends on the public for a living. Petra Chu argues that the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) understood this dilemma perhaps better than any painter before him. In The Most Arrogant Man in France, the first comprehensive reinterpretation of Courbet in a generation, Chu tells the fascinating story of how, in the initial age of mass media and popular high art, this important artist managed to achieve an unprecedented measure of artistic and financial independence by promoting his work and himself through the popular press. The Courbet who emerges in Chu's account is a sophisticated artist and entrepreneur who understood that the modern artist must sell--and not only make--his art. Responding to this reality, Courbet found new ways to "package," exhibit, and publicize his work and himself. Chu shows that Courbet was one of the first artists to recognize and take advantage of the publicity potential of newspapers, using them to create acceptance of his work and to spread an image of himself as a radical outsider. Courbet introduced the independent show by displaying his art in popular venues outside the Salon, and he courted new audiences, including women. And for a time Courbet succeeded, achieving a rare freedom for a nineteenth-century French artist. If his strategy eventually backfired and he was forced into exile, his pioneering vision of the artist's career in the modern world nevertheless makes him an intriguing forerunner to all later media-savvy artists.
A Frog In The Fjord
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Author : Lorelou Desjardins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-17
A Frog In The Fjord written by Lorelou Desjardins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-17 with categories.
An insightful and humorous account of the author's first year in Norway as a foreigner. From Easter to summer holidays and Christmas, it dives deeply into Norwegian culture, language and people.
I Ll Never Be French No Matter What I Do
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Author : Mark Greenside
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-11-04
I Ll Never Be French No Matter What I Do written by Mark Greenside and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.
What Ails France
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Author : Brigitte Granville
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2021-04-01
What Ails France written by Brigitte Granville and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-01 with History categories.
As evidenced by the yellow vests protest movement that began in France in 2018, the state of the French nation inspires gloom among many of its citizens. Brigitte Granville views this malaise as a peculiarly French symptom of the difficulties experienced by many advanced industrial democracies in the face of globalization, technology, and mass immigration. Granville brings trenchant criticism to bear in this wide-ranging survey of the political economy of contemporary France, building her case for the prosecution on the self-reinforcing rigidity produced by a narrow Parisian oligarchy that is both entitled and intellectually hidebound. What Ails France? applies an economist's vision to the monetary and fiscal pathologies flowing from this ideologically motivated technocratic rule, reflected in Europe's flawed monetary union, runaway indebtedness, and chronically high structural unemployment. The author marshals academic research from a wide range of disciplines to fuel a provocative and at times contentious analysis, proposing various treatments for French ailments that would reinvigorate the republican value of liberté with a new local slant. A refreshing, ideologically freewheeling discussion, What Ails France? provides a positive take on the innovations of our digital age, exploring their potential to bring about a more representative democracy and a fairer society.
French Negotiating Behavior
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Author : Charles Cogan
language : en
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Release Date : 2003
French Negotiating Behavior written by Charles Cogan and has been published by US Institute of Peace Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Even before it led opposition to the recent war on Iraq, France was considered the most difficult of the United States' major European allies. Each side tends to irritate the other, not least at the negotiating table, where Americans complain of French pretensions and arrogance, and the French fulminate against U.S. hegemonisme and egoisme. But, whether they like it or not, the two nations are going to have to deal with one another for a long time to come. Charles Cogan's timely and insightful study can't guarantee to make those encounters more fruitful, but it will help France's negotiating counterparts understand how and why French officials behave as they do. With impressive objectivity and authority, Cogan first explores the cultural and historical factors that have shaped the French approach and then dissects its key elements. Mixing rationalism and nationalism, rhetoric and brio, self-importance and embattled vulnerability, French negotiators often seem more interested in asserting their country's "universal" mission than in reaching agreement. Three recent case studies illustrate this distinctively French mélange. Yet agreement is by no means always elusive. Cogan offers practical suggestions for making negotiations more cooperative and productive--although he also emphasizes the long-term damage inflicted by the crisis over Iraq. Drawing on candid interviews with many of today's leading players on the French, American, British, and German sides, this engaging volume will inform and stimulate both seasoned practitioners and academics as well as students of France and the negotiating process. This book is the recipient of the Prix Ernest Lémonon from L'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, 2006
France In Crisis
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Author : Timothy B. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-11-11
France In Crisis written by Timothy B. Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-11 with Business & Economics categories.
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The French Art Of Not Trying Too Hard
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Author : Ollivier Pourriol
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2020-09-03
The French Art Of Not Trying Too Hard written by Ollivier Pourriol and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Self-Help categories.
Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their laissez-faire parenting, chic style, haute cuisine, and enviable home cooking: they barely seem to be trying, yet the results are world-famous, thanks to a certain je ne sais quoi that is the key to a more creative, fulfilling, and productive life. For fans of both Mark Manson's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, philosopher Ollivier Pourriol's book draws on the examples of such French legends as Descartes, Stendhal, Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac and Françoise Sagan to show how to be efficient à la française, and how to effortlessly reap the rewards.
An Historical And Moral View Of The Origin And Progress Of The French Revolution
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Author : Mary Wollstonecraft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1794
An Historical And Moral View Of The Origin And Progress Of The French Revolution written by Mary Wollstonecraft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1794 with France categories.