{"product_id":"9781402230585","title":"Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French","description":"The French...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Smoke, drink and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet live longer and have fewer heart problems than Americans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Work 35-hour weeks, and take seven weeks of paid holidays per year, but are still the world's fourth-biggest economic power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo what makes the French so different?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong is a journey into the French heart, mind and soul. Decrypting French ideas about land, privacy and language, Nadeau and Barlow weave together the threads of French society--from centralization and the Napoleonic Code to elite education and even street protests--giving us, for the first time, a complete picture of the French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] readable and insightful piece of work.\" --Montreal Mirror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In an era of irrational reactions to all things French, here is an eminently rational answer to the question, 'Why are the French like that?'\" --Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read.\" --Edmonton Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140485071088,"sku":"9781402230585","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402230585_p0.jpg?v=1763714939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402230585","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}