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- catalog abstract ""Jonathan Fenby, journalist and Francophile, has been studying and reporting on the country for over thirty years. In these pages he lovingly but candidly offers an unvarnished picture of modern France, setting it in the context of its glorious past. He explores the problems and challenges it faces, as well as the opportunities that lie ahead. Filled with historical and contemporary anecdotes, France on the Brink depicts the many contradictory aspects of the country so many people love but also love to hate. Even those who know France well will find in its pages hundreds of fascinating Gallic tidbits that will inform, amuse, and enlighten."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11254694.
- catalog coverage "France Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog coverage "France Social conditions 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Jonathan Fenby, journalist and Francophile, has been studying and reporting on the country for over thirty years. In these pages he lovingly but candidly offers an unvarnished picture of modern France, setting it in the context of its glorious past. He explores the problems and challenges it faces, as well as the opportunities that lie ahead. Filled with historical and contemporary anecdotes, France on the Brink depicts the many contradictory aspects of the country so many people love but also love to hate. Even those who know France well will find in its pages hundreds of fascinating Gallic tidbits that will inform, amuse, and enlighten."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Something special -- Behind the mask -- Vanishing Madeleines -- Country living -- Modern times -- Business matters -- Another France -- Spectre at the feast -- 'Fog over Channel' -- Divided we stand -- Three men and a country -- Friends of Franco̧is -- A French life -- The jaws of victory -- On the brink.".
- catalog extent "xii, 449 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "France on the brink.".
- catalog identifier "1559704888 (hardcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "France on the brink.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Arcade : Distributed by Time Warner Trade Pub,".
- catalog relation "France on the brink.".
- catalog spatial "France Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government 1945-".
- catalog spatial "France Social conditions 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "944.083/9 21".
- catalog subject "HC276.2 .F44 1999".
- catalog subject "Social values France.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Something special -- Behind the mask -- Vanishing Madeleines -- Country living -- Modern times -- Business matters -- Another France -- Spectre at the feast -- 'Fog over Channel' -- Divided we stand -- Three men and a country -- Friends of Franco̧is -- A French life -- The jaws of victory -- On the brink.".
- catalog title "France on the brink / Jonathan Fenby.".
- catalog type "text".