1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778603003321

Autore

Coignard Sophie

Titolo

French connections : networks of influence / / Sophie Coignard and Marie-Thérèse Guichard ; translated [from the French] by Keith Torjoc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora, c2000

ISBN

1-280-34641-8

9786610346417

1-892941-16-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuichardMarie-Thérèse

TorjocKeith

Disciplina

366/.0944

Soggetti

Secret societies - France - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as: Les Bonnes fréquentations by Grasset & Fasquelle, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.