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UAE - Culture Smart!
UAE - Culture Smart!

UAE - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Culture Smart!

TRAVEL

168 Pages, 4.25 x 6.75

Trade Paper, $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $12.95)

Publication Date: February 2008

ISBN 9781857334517

Rights: WOR X IN, PK, NP, BT, BD, LK, & MV

Kuperard (Feb 2008)

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Overview

As seen in Sex and the the City 2! Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include: * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken 

Reviews

"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." —Sunday Times Travel


"The perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." —Global Travel


"Full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." —Observer


"As useful as they are entertaining." —Easyjet Magazine


"Offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." —New York Times

Author Biography

John Walsh is Assistant Professor in Marketing and Communication at Shinawatra University in Bangkok, Thailand. His doctorate, from the University of Oxford, was for research on international management. He has written extensively for learned journals, contributed to a number of encyclopedias, undertaken media and consultancy work, and also been widely published in non-academic fields. Having lived and worked in Sudan, Greece, South Korea, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates, he now lives in Bangkok with his wife and daughter.