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Culture Shock! France by Sally Adamson Taylor, 2008-09
Society and Culture in Early Modern France: Eight Essays by Natalie Zemon Davis, 1975-06-01
France (Cultures of the World) by Ethel Gofen, 1995-02
Speak the Culture: France: Be Fluent in French Life and Culture by Andrew Whittaker, 2008-01
France - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette by Barry Tomalin, 2006-09-05
Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art, and Culture in France, 1909–1939 by Mark Antliff, 2007-01-01
Culture and Customs of France (Culture and Customs of Europe) by W. Scott Haine, 2006-10-30
France Since 1870: Culture, Politics and Society by Charles Sowerwine, 2001-02-24
Worthy Monuments: Art Museums and the Politics of Culture in Nineteenth-Ceuntury France by Daniel J. Sherman, 1989-09-20
"There Are No Slaves in France": The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Régime by Sue Peabody, 2002-09-26
The Colonial Unconscious: Race and Culture in Interwar France by Elizabeth Ezra, 2000-05-04
North African Women in France: Gender, Culture, and Identity by Caitlin Killian, 2006-07-07
For the Soul of France: Culture Wars in the Age of Dreyfus by Frederick Brown, 2010-01-26
The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by Suzanne Desan, 2006-06-19

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Famous Frenchmen & Women - French Culture
Famous Frenchmen Women at frenchculture Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Louis XIV, Edith Piaf, Louis Jourdan and Juliette Binoche they´re all here.
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/3331.asp
Creating French Culture (Library Of Congress Exhibition)
Creating French culture traces the history of this relationship from Charlemagne (b. 742?d. 814) to Charles de Gaulle (b. 1890-d. 1970), through the prism
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/bnf0002.html

Extractions: Conclusion ... Acknowledgments Introduction Throughout French history the powerful have sought to harness culture to their own ends. They understood that the representation of powerwhat today we call "image"is a form of power itself. They patronized artists, artisans, and intellectuals who produced works that proclaimed the legitimacy of their rule, reinforced their authority, and enhanced their prestige. At times, they stifled creative impulses incompatible with their ambition. The relationship between poweror politicsand culture in French history is thus an ambivalent one, defined as much by conflict and censorship as by cooperation and patronage. Creating French Culture traces the history of this relationship from Charlemagne (b. 742?-d. 814) to Charles de Gaulle (b. 1890-d. 1970), through the prism of more than 200 magnificent "treasures" on loan from the *The dates given in parentheses after the names of kings are those of their reigns, as in "Frances I (1515-1547)." For all other individuals, unless otherwise indicated, the dates refer to their years of birth and death, for example "Cardinal Richelieu (b. 1585-d. 1642)." HOME - Introduction - Path to Royal Absolutism
Creating French Culture (Library Of Congress Exhibition)
Creating French culture traces the history of this relationship from Charlemagne (b. 742?d. 814) to Charles de Gaulle (b. 1890-d. 1970), through the prism
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/bnf0006.html

Extractions: Conclusion Acknowledgments (1799 to present) F rance and the United States are rightly considered the birth places of modern democracy. But while Americans have enjoyed the political and institutional stability of the "one and indivisible Republic" for over 200 years, the French since 1789 have experienced a succession of short-lived regimes: a Directoire , a consulate, two empires, two monarchies, and five republics, as well as the Vichy regime during World War II. In France, as one President of the Fifth Republic has noted, political crises tend to lead to institutional crises which threaten the regime itself. In such moments, the French have thrice heeded the call of charismatic and prestigious leaders (Napoleon I, Napoleon III, and Marshall Pétain) whose temperaments and politics paid short shrift to democracy. But twice they have turned to General Charles de Gaulle, who led the French Resistance against the Nazis and, in 1958, founded France's current regime, the Fifth Republic. To date, it has proven a robust, prosperous and stable democracy. T he United States has not faced the threat of military invasion since the early nineteenth century. France, on the other hand, was overrun by foreign armies in 1814-1815 and later fought three major wars on her soil over seventy-five years (the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the two World Wars). Nor have the French been spared civil strife, including revolutions (1830, 1848), civil wars (1871, 1940-45), bitter wars of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria after World War II, and paralyzing nationwide strikes in 1968.
Reason Magazine -- July 1998
Pathé, france s leading production company, controlled onethird of the world Benefiting from such French cultural imperialism, Charlie Chaplin drew
http://www.reason.com/9807/fe.cowen.html

Extractions: How protectionism has hurt French films By Tyler Cowen American movies account for 80 percent of European box office receipts, although European movies have won only 5 percent of the American market. Of the 100 highest-grossing movies in the world last year, 88 were American, and seven more were co-productions involving American producers. After aircraft production, the entertainment industry is America's largest source of trade surplus. Most European nations, having concluded that their native producers face an uphill struggle, now subsidize filmmaking, and many, like France and Spain, place quotas on the importation of foreign films. Such Latin American nations as Brazil and Mexico mix subsidies and import quotas to hold off American market dominance. But it is France, where American movies hold nearly 60 percent of the market, that provides the most revealing case of cultural protectionism. France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time. The European Community requires all TV channels to carry at least 50 percent European programming. France has upped this total to 60 percent for European programs, with at least 40 percent of the total devoted by law to native French programs. The French government even enforces a separate quota for prime-time shows to ensure that French programs are not shunted into the least favorable hours.
Radio France > Accueil
Translate this page Radio france, les programmes et les fréquences des stations de Radio france, informations politiques, régionales, économiques, culturelles et
http://www.franceinter.com/

Extractions: Aujourd'hui, 80% des salariés du public comme du privé utilisent leur voiture matin et soir pour aller au travail. La "semaine européenne de la mobilité" souhaite les sensibiliser à d'autres moyens de transport, plus doux et plus écologiques. Vélo, tram, navette fluviale... Coup de projecteur, en région parisienne, à Nantes et à Lyon, sur différentes initiatives à succès...
CorporateBloggingBlog: Blogs Fit The French Culture
Guide to Corporate and Organizational Blogging basic facts, possibilities, blogger interviews, news and European Corporate Blog listings.
http://www.corporateblogging.info/2005/04/blogs-fit-french-culture.asp
People's Daily Online -- French Culture Year Opens In Beijing
A website by the People s Daily newspaper; China, business, world, science, education, sports news.
http://english.people.com.cn/200410/11/eng20041011_159672.html

Extractions: An electro-laser concert by French musician Jean Michel Jarre was staged at the front gate or Wumen Gate of the Forbidden City here Sunday evening, kicking off the French Culture Year, jointly advocated by leaders of China and France. Chinese President Hu Jintao and French President Jacques Chirac extended congratulatory letters to each other for the opening cultural gala for the 40th forging anniversary of the of Sino-French diplomatic ties. In President Hu's letter, he said France is a great country with a long-standing history and splendid, glorious civilization, and the French people are the great people full of great creativity. The French Culture Year in China will not only epitomizes the French superb achievements in the culture field, but also highlights the French people's innovative mind and spirit. He noted that the China-France Culture Year, as a very important event in the annals of cultural exchange of the two nations, is of great significance to increase the mutual understanding of their people, and promote exchange between the Oriental and Western civilizations.
French Cultural Studies
The MA in French Cultural Studies program provides a methodological framework for on aspects of cultural studies as applied to modern france.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/departments/french-cultural-studies/bulletin.htm

Extractions: Search DEAN'S OFFICE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS CURRENT STUDENTS ALUMNI Academic Programs All Programs M.A. Programs Ph.D. Programs Liberal Studies Programs ... Degree Requirements Other Information Information About this Department Bulletin Listing Apply Online Download an Application (pdf) Visit the Department's Website e-mail: bb.columbia@reidhall.com Christine Valero, e-mail: cv.columbia@reidhall.com Michael Riffaterre ( French and Romance Philology, Columbia Barry Bergdoll ( Art History and Archaeology, Columbia Antoine Compagnon ( French and Romance Philology, Columbia Diana Crane ( Sociology, Pennsylvania Lance Donaldson-Evans ( Romance Languages, Pennsylvania
USATODAY.com - Effort To Ban Head Scarves In France Sets Off Culture Clash
The small number of Muslim girls in france who wear religious scarves have uncovered deep tensions across the country.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-02-03-head-scarves_x.htm

Extractions: OAS_listpos = "PageCount,NavBottom120x90,Top728x90,Zaplet1,FloatBottom,Bottom468x60,VerticalBanner,Poster3"; Classifieds: Cars Jobs Dating USA TODAY ... Weather Wash/Politics Washington home Washington briefs Election 2004 Government guide Health Health home Medical resources Health information Editorial/Opinion Ed/Op home Columnists Cartoons More News Top news briefs Nation briefs World briefs States ... Talk Today Marketplace Newspaper Classifieds Posted 2/3/2004 9:37 PM Today's Top News Stories Category 4 Rita roars past Florida Keys, moves into Gulf No charges in Philadelphia probe of sex abuse by priests U.S. presses case against Iran over nuclear plans Police: Teen killed parents, grandmother, driver, self ... Add USATODAY.com RSS feeds E-Mail Newsletters Sign up to receive our free Daily Briefing e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. E-mail: Select one: HTML Text Breaking News E-Mail Alerts Get breaking news in your inbox as it happens OAS_AD("VerticalBanner"); Effort to ban head scarves in France sets off culture clash By Noelle Knox, USA TODAY
Pena Paris Passion
Association qui promeut les arts et cultures du sudouest de la france et des r©gions hispaniques. Actions et actualit©.
http://pena-paris-passion.org
Homepage
Promotion des cultures europ©ennes en france. Pr©sentation de la semaine du cin©ma autrichien Paris.
http://www.laterna-magica.asso.fr
Woonsocket, Rhode Island - My Home Town - French Canadian Culture
By the midnineteenth century, Woonsocket had grown to become one of the largest textile manufacturing centers in the United States.
http://www.woonsocket.org/french.html

Extractions: Rhode Island's connection to France and French culture dates to 1524 when French explorer Giovanni de Verrazano explored the area around Block Island and Newport. By the end of the seventeenth century, French colonies in the new world extended from the St. Lawrence River to the mouth of the Mississippi River. These colonies prospered by trading timber, furs and fish. After the English defeated the French in the French-Indian War in 1763, "'la survivance" - the perpetuation of French language and culture - became a major priority for the French population in the new world. Woonsocket had its first contact with French culture in the late eighteenth century when the Ballous and Tourtellots, French Huguenot families, settled in the area. The Ballous, especially Dexter and George , were pioneers in Woonsocket's textile industry. As the textile industry in Woonsocket grew, so did the need for mill workers. The first French-Canadian families were recruited from Quebec to work in the mills of Woonsocket in the 1840's. Once started, this migration would continue for almost a century. The life of the French-Canadians in Quebec was largely agrarian. It was a system where each household grew, produced or bartered for everything the family needed to survive. As the population grew and family farms could no longer support succeeding generations, many left behind this self-sufficient life style for one based on wage labor in the mills. Eventually, one third of Quebec's population left Canada for mill villages in New England where they gathered in close-knit ethnic communities. By 1900, sixty percent of Woonsocket's population was French-Canadian and Woonsocket was the most French city in the United States.
AvenueFrance - French Culture
French culture including art, literature, poetry, films, music, books, and more.
http://www.avenuefrance.com/culture.htm

Extractions: En te serrant dans mes bras And must take spade and rake, and labor like a slave To scrape and save the soil washed thin by swollen streams Whose flooding swirls out pits deep and wide as the grave. Who knows if the late flowers blossoming in my brain Can find in this earth, drained like beaches by the rain, L'Histoire The Pelican "Tegit virtue minores" (by his courage he protects his children) The emblem attributed to Marie de Médicis the second wife of Henri IV. Le Cygne L'Hermine Emblem of Queen Anne of Brittany who was both the wife of Charles VIII and then of Louis XII Le Porc-Epic The porcupine was the emblem for King Louis XII. Art and Films Ancient Megaliths Is this a picture of a "menhir" or a "dolmen"? C'est un dolmen! A "menhir" is one single upright stone. Most can be found in Brittany where there are numerous alignments. The most famous of these sites can be found at Carnac in the Morbihan.
CNN.com - Messier: Threat To French Culture? - April 17, 2002
JeanMarie Messier managed to turn an unglamorous water utility, the Compagnie Generale des Eaux, into Vivendi Universal the world s second largest media
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/04/17/messier/

Extractions: LONDON, England (CNN) Jean-Marie Messier managed to turn an unglamorous water utility, the Compagnie Generale des Eaux, into Vivendi Universal the world's second largest media company. So why all the fuss about Monsieur Messier? He's seen as a charismatic leader, an American-style "personality" CEO. But his bravado has riled many French, while massive losses at his company have failed to please investors. Messier has been accused of overspending at the peak of the tech boom, and Vivendi Universal's share price has plummetted.
French Language, Literature And Culture In Tours, France - MSU Office Of Study A
French Language, Literature and culture in Tours. MSU Office of Study Abroad Summer Semester. College of Arts and Letters; Dept. of French, Classics and
http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/francefrench.html

Extractions: French Language, Literature and Culture in Tours, France Summer 2006 June 3 July 29, 2006 Arranged through the Office of Study Abroad (OSA) What's this program about? In the summer of 2006, the Department of Romance and Classical Languages is offering its 31st consecutive French study program in Tours. This program will give students a unique opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding of French language and culture. Where does it take place? What can I study? Students will be required to enroll in a minimum of 12 credits from the following: AL 400 3 cr. (required) FRN 491 Special Topics: Contemporary French Culture 3 cr. (required) FRN 202 Second-Year French II 4 cr. FRN 320 Self-expression in Writing 3 cr. FRN 321 Oral Expression 3 cr. FRN 330 French Phonetics 3 cr. FRN 425 Advanced Studies in French Language 3 cr. The following courses are available with Director's permission: FRN 340 Introduction to Reading French Literature 3 cr.
[Musée National De Préhistoire]
Son objectif est de faire d©couvrir les cultures de la p©riode pal©olithique. Les Eyziesde-Tayac, Dordogne (24), Aquitaine, france.
http://www.musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr/
Mimi Soleil Création
Cr©atrice de bijoux base de perles de cultures et semipr©cieuses en provenance du monde entier. Pr©sentation des collections et de l'atelier. france.
http://mimisoleil1.free.fr

Extractions: Mireille Lapierre a installé son atelier à Saint Aunes, petit village près de Montpellier, sous le soleil du sud de la France. Elle apporte toute son imagination et son savoir faire à la création de bijoux à base de perles en provenance du monde entier. Mireille réussit cette incroyable alchimie de combiner les couleurs et la matière pour donner à chaque création son caractère unique. In the sun of the South of France, in a small village beside Montpellier, Mireille's workshop is installed. She brings all her imagination and her knowledge to make creation of jewels containing pearls of cultures and semi-precious coming from the whole world. Mireille makes a success of this incredible alchemy to combine colors and pearls to give to each creation its single character. In to this web site you will be able to follow the evolution of its collections. The new parts are presented in the heading "Collections" with a regular update. création artisanale de bijoux (P) Partenariat Inlive
Frances Arnett Sbrocchi's Poetry
Lyrical poetry about place and culture.
http://www.geocities.com/frances_sbrocchi/
People's Daily Online -- French Aerobatics Show To Open French Culture Year
A website by the People s Daily newspaper; China, business, world, science, education, sports news.
http://english.people.com.cn/200410/07/eng20041007_159202.html

Extractions: The famous aerobatics team with French Air Force, "Patrouille de France (PAF)," will perform in Beijing Thursday for French President Jacques Chirac's state visit to China. Kicking off French Culture Year, the aerobatics show will bring French culture and spirit to China, said a Chinese sponsor. The aerobatics team conducted warm-up training Wednesday afternoon. Every measure has been taken to ensure the performers' safety, the sponsor said. The PAF, with 10 high-performance Alpha jets, will present Chinese audiences with the latest aerobatics maneuvers and formations. The troupe will also visit Wuhan, capital of central China's
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