American Ways

American Ways
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Publisher : Intercultural Press
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 1877864994
ISBN-13 : 9781877864995
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis American Ways by : Gary Althen

Download or read book American Ways written by Gary Althen and published by Intercultural Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Althen (former foreign student adviser, U. of Iowa) gives advice to foreign visitors to the U.S. that is intended to help them understand the motivations, attitudes, communication styles, and actions of Americans. Emphasizing the interpretation of observed behavior, he covers ways of reasoning and American ideas about politics, family life, education, religion, the media, social relationships, racial and ethnic diversity, male-female relationships, sports and recreation, driving, shopping, personal hygiene, and organizational and public behavior. Over-generalization is an understandable danger in such a work as this, but Althen does make an effort to emphasize that there are variations among Americans, while he concentrates on the similarities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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