Bibliography and Further Reading

General Works on French Regional Diversity

• Braudel, Fernand. The Identity of France (2 volumes)
• Weber, Eugen. Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
• Robb, Graham. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography

Regional Languages

• Lodge, R. Anthony. French: From Dialect to Standard
• Cerquiglini, Bernard. Les Langues de France
• Blanchet, Philippe. Langues de France: Notre patrimoine

Regional Histories

• Flinn, Michael. Brittany: A Concise History
• Horne, Alistair. The French Army and Politics 1870-1970 (includes Alsace-Lorraine)
• Paxton, Robert. Vichy France and the Jews (regional variations)
• Kedward, H.R. In Search of the Maquis (Southern France during WWII)

Food and Wine

• Ferguson, Priscilla Parkhurst. Accounting for Taste: The Triumph of French Cuisine
• Poulain, Jean-Pierre and Edmond Neirinck. Histoire de la cuisine et des cuisiniers
• Johnson, Hugh and Jancis Robinson. The World Atlas of Wine (French regional sections)

Travel and Cultural Observation

• Mayle, Peter. A Year in Provence (with caveats about stereotypes)
• Robb, Graham. The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts
• Various Cadogan, Rough Guide, and Lonely Planet guides to French regions

Academic Studies

• Journal: French Regional Studies
• Journal: Modern & Contemporary France
• Various university press publications on specific regions

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