Understanding Global Cultures -- University of Minnesota Duluth

Maps
- Lonely Planet Map of France
- Maps of France and Statistics -- French Property, Services and Information Ltd.
UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE (journal archives)
The Library of Congress
- Global Gateway > Portals to the World > France
country profiles
- France -- CIA World Factbook
- France -- U.S. Department of State
- France -- CountryWatch
- France -- Lonely Planet
- France -- BBC News
- France -- NationMaster.com
- France -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- France -- CountryReports.org
- France -- Wikipedia
- France — French Culture, Customs and Etiquette -- Kwintessential
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Western Europe > France -- Council on Foreign Relations
general information
- Adminet > World > Western Europe > France
timelines
- BBC News timeline
holidays
- Public Holidays in France -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for France -- Q++ Studio
travel
- Lonely Planet Worldguide > Europe > France
national anthem
- Wikipedia > National anthem > List of national anthems > France > La Marseillaise (Song of Marseille)
- national-anthems.net > Europe > France

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newspapers / newsnetworks specific to France and its environs
- The Media in France -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Europe > France
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Europe > France
- OnlineNewspapers.com > France
- economist.com > countries > France
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > France
- topix.net » Front Page » World News » Europe » France
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and European scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio

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government resources
- Embassy of France in the United States
- Embassy of the United States, Paris, France
- U.S. International Information Programs: Europe and Eurasia -- U.S. policy and issues related to Europe and Eurasia
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The European Union
European Union related WebSites

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language
- French Dictionaries
- Wikipedia > French Language
- French in Action -- Annenberg Media Foundation

food
- eLook.org > European Recipes > French
- French cuisine -- Wikipedia
  - Cookbook:Cuisine of France
- Saveur: Savor a World of Authentic Cuisine > French
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- France -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- CliffordAWright.com (Mediterranean)
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > French
- "Drinking Absinthe" -- National Geographic
- "Truffles" -- National Geographic
- "French Wine," Ch. 15 of Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Third Edition. Martin J. Gannon. 2004. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, pp. 187-202.
- France -- Epicurious.com
- Greco, Gina L. and Christine M. Rose (Trans.). The Good Wife's Guide: A Medieval Household Book [Le Ménagier de Paris, 14^th Century]. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009.
- Steinberger, Michael. Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France. Blumesbury, 2009.
- David, Elizabeth. French Country Cooking. NY: Penguin, 1999.
- David, Elizabeth. French Provincial Cooking. NY: Penguin, 1988.
- Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle. Mastering the Art of French Cooking : NY: Knopf, Vol. 1, 1961, Vol. 2, 1970.
- Food in France -- Food in Every Country
- Root, Waveley. The Food of France. NY: Vintage, 1992
- Agropolis Museum: Food and agricultures of the world
- Flandrin, Jean Louis, and Julie E. Johnson, Antonio Roder and Sylvia Roder. Arranging the Meal: A History of Table Service in France. University of California Press, 2007.
- Graham, Peter. Mourjou: The Life and Food of an Auvergne Village. Prospect, 2004.
- Jane, Grigson. Charccuterie and French Pork Cookery. Harmondsworth, UK Penguin, 1967. [Grub Street Cookery, 2008]
- Strang, Jeanne and Tony Gregson. Goose Fat & Garlic: Country Recipes From Southwest France. London: Kyle Cathie, 2006.
- Perdu, Louis. French Paradox and Beyond: Living Longer With Wine and the Mediterranean Lifestyle. Renaissance, 1992.
religion
- Internet Sacred Text Archive > Legends and Sagas
- Sacred Destinations > France -- Holly Hayes
the arts
architecture

Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame -- Alison Stones
Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Architecture of Europe > France -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc.
- Paris
Photosynth: Europe > France > Normandy > Mont-Saint-Michel -- National Geographic

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cities and towns

Major Cities -- Lonely Planet
World Heritage Cities

Historic Cities > Countries > France >

Arras	Calais	Metz	Rouffach
Avignon	Colmar	Montpellier	Tours
Besançon	Dunkerque	Nantes	Toulon
Blamont	Gravelines	Nîmes	Saint-Germain
Blois	La Rochelle	Orléans	Sète
Bordeaux	Lille	Paris	Strasbourg
Bourbourg	Lyon	Poitiers	Vienne
Bourges	Marseille	Rouen	Wissembourg

other
- Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame -- Alison Stones
- Paris: Capital of the 19th Century -- Brown University
Cities Around the World -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Balzac's Paris: A Guided Tour -- University of California Riverside Library
Paris: Life & Luxury -- Getty Museum

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Other WebSites
- Famous French People
- ANTHROPOLOGY IN FRANCE Susan Carol Rogers Annual Review of Anthropology . Volume 30, Page 481-504, Oct 2001 Abstract | Full Text | PDF (98 KB) | Related
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Observer -- France
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- Roma / Travelers [see also Gypsy and Traveler Studies] -- The Patrin Web Journal: Romani Culture and History
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Europe >> France
- France in America -- Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- SoundTransit -- soundscapes and sound clips from around the world
- Migration Information Source -- Migration Policy Institute
- Imagining the French Revolution -- Center for History & New Media at George Mason University and the Department of History at UCLA
- 40 years later, France debates, dissects, and disagrees about the legacy of student protest -- Scout Report
- Stereoviews of the French Second Empire, ca. 1855-1870 -- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Le Garde-meuble -- Smithsonian Institute Libraries
- French Revolutionary Pamphlets -- University of Alabama Library
- Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts -- Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies, UCLA
- Imagining the Past in France, 1250-1500 -- Getty Museum
- Nicolas Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners -- BBCNews (07 March 2012)

Bibliography

Gannon, Martin J. (2004). Chapter 15, “French Wine.” Understanding Global Cultures, 3rd. ed., pp. 187-202. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

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