Culture Briefing: France gives you current, in-depth information, found in no other single publication, to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the French people.

Whether traveling to France, working on a class paper or doing business with the French, you'll find Culture Briefing: France, updated for 2008, an invaluable resource.

If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: France. It will let you enrich your trip, gaining more knowledge, enjoyment and insight — and more financial success when traveling on business.

You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment. You’ll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the French, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave.

No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with a French person because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of the French form of government.

Culture Briefing: France helps you figure out the French by penetrating below their society’s surface to reveal the customs and established ways of life in France.

With Culture Briefing: France you’ll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the French. You’ll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You’ll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Plus, you'll get insight into doing business with the French.

You’ll also discover the problems the French people face and see how they handle them.

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In today’s increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the earth’s other peoples is an essential skill. And Culture Briefing: France can aid you in gaining that expertise.


Get insight into the French way of life

With Culture Briefing: France you'll learn:

• the key to comprehending French behavior and attitudes
  
  
• how the French view their culture
  
  
• how someone will probably respond to a compliment
  
  
• which mental traits the French admire
  
  
• the typical French response to unpopular government and business decisions
  
  
• what steps the government has taken to protect French culture
  
  
• what phrase will grease the path of your interactions with the French
  
  
• how to establish the essential personal relationship necessary for doing business in France or even shopping in a store
  
  
• how the French health and social security systems operate
  
  
• what is the major concern and preoccupation of French parents
  
  
• what architectural style the French developed
  
  
• what literary genre, still much seen today, was developed by the French
  
  
• the French view of big government
  
  
• why French teenagers seldom take jobs
  
  
• why you should not salt and pepper your food in France
  
  
• which is the favored pet of the French
  
  
• knowledge of what area of French life is necessary for a person to be considered "civilized"
  
  
• and much, much more.

Special features improve usefulness

Culture Briefing: France contains special features that increase its usefulness:

• A complete table of contents lets you find information quickly.
  
  
• A “Do's and Don’ts” list helps keep you on the right foot.
  
  
• A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of France's current heads of state and government as well as quality-of-life statistics
  
  
• Two maps show: 1) France's position in Europe, 2) France's major features, areas, rivers and cities.
  

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