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French connections : networks of influence / Sophie Coignard and Marie-Thérèse Guichard ; translated [from the French] by Keith Torjoc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coignard, Sophie.
- Standardized Title:
- Bonnes fréquentations. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secret societies--France--History.
- Secret societies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The ""Old Boys Club,"" French style -- wherever you go, it's still true that what matters most is whom you know. This book reveals some of the patterns of how it all works.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1: MAKING IT; Chapter 2: A HELPING HAND; Chapter 3: SOCIALIZING TOGETHER; Chapter 4: MAKING A CAREER; Chapter 5: GETTING RICH; Chapter 6: MONOPOLIES; Chapter 7: CONSPIRACIES; Chapter 8: PROTECTING EACH OTHER; Chapter 9: MILITANTS; Chapter 10: BECOMING PRESIDENT; Footnotes
- Notes:
- Originally published as: Les Bonnes fréquentations by Grasset & Fasquelle, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-34641-8
- 9786610346417
- 1-892941-16-3
- OCLC:
- 476113738
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