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Etiquette and taboos around the world : a geographic encyclopedia of social and cultural customs / Ken Taylor and Victoria Williams, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Etiquette--Encyclopedias.
- Etiquette.
- Taboo--Encyclopedias.
- Taboo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 373 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Readers of this one-volume reference will gain useful knowledge of what travelers should and shouldn't do when in countries outside of the United States. After a general introduction, approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries cover topics such as greeting and meeting, appearance and dress, table manners, body language, social situations and hospitality, verbal communications, business etiquette, religious etiquette, gift-giving, and even'netiquette'regarding social media.Sidebars and images throughout make the text more accessible and engaging, and additional readings at the end of each entry as well as the bibliography offer opportunities for further research on the subject. The content also directly supports the National Geography Standards and the AP Human Geography curriculum for high school students as they learn about the cultural differences and characteristics of people in major ethnic groups across the globe." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- African American
- Algeria
- Arabian Peninsula
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Balkan Peninsula, Western
- Bangladesh
- Basque
- Bedouin
- Belgium
- Berbers
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- The Caribbean
- Central Africa
- Central America
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cuba
- East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- France
- The Fulani
- Germany, Austria, and Germa-Speaking Switzerland
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Gujarat
- Hmong
- Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia)
- Hui
- Hungary
- Hutu and Tutsi
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran and Central Asia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Karens
- Khmer
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Maori
- Masai
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Native Americans, Plains Indians
- Native Americans, Southwest
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pacific Islanders
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Pashtuns
- Peru
- The Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Punjab
- Quechua
- Roma
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Southern Africa
- Spain
- Spanish-Speaking Caribbean : Puerto rico and the Dominican Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tamils
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Tuareg
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Uyghurs
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Western Africa
- Zhuang
- Zulu and Xhosa
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- About the editors and contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9798216081470
- 9781440838217
- 1440838216
- OCLC:
- 985966541
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