Survival kit for overseas living: for Americans planning to live and work abroad
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Main Author: Kohls, L. Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Yarmouth, Me. Intercultural Press ©1996
Edition:3rd ed
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162)
So You're Going Overseas -- - Others Have Gone Before -- - The Stereotyped American -- - The Ugly American -- - Primitivism Reconsidered -- - Culture Defined -- - Comparing and Contrasting Cultures -- - What Makes an American? -- - To See Ourselves -- - Traveling by Objectives -- - On Becoming a Foreigner -- - A Strategy for Strangers -- - Know Thy Host Country -- - Let's Play Q and A -- - Speaking of Learning the Language -- - Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty -- - A Handy Guide to Intercultural Communication -- - Culture Shock: Occupational Hazard of Overseas Living -- - Responding to Culture Shock -- - Skills that Make a Difference -- - Husbands, Wives, and Children -- - Minding Other People's Business -- - The Challenge -- - So You're Coming Back Home? -- - Jaunts and Junkets -- - The Kluckhohn Model -- - Information-Gathering Checklist about Your Host Country -- - A Human Profile
"Kohls' penetrating insights and practical strategies on how to avoid stereotypes, how to explore the mysteries of culture, and how values and different ways of thinking influence behavior make this an indispensable guide. To bridge the cultural divide-whether traveling alone or with a family, for business or education, whether staying a month or a lifetime -- pack this guide first! Book jacket."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 165 pages)
ISBN:0585353077
9780585353074

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