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Current, in-depth world cultures guides to the traditions,
customs and etiquette of people in other lands
Culture Briefings
Culture Briefings provide current in-depth information found in no other single source on the customs, culture, etiquette, traditions and ways of life of people in cultures around the world. In today’s increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the world’s other peoples is an essential skill. And the Geotravel Research Center’s Culture Briefings low-cost subscription database will help readers develop that expertise.
Culture Briefings show the enduring qualities of a people as well as their present preoccupations. They analyze a country’s culture and show why things are the way they are. They delve into a people’s character, values, beliefs and customs. Readers discover the people’s home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Readers also find out about the culture’s artistic endeavors and its political ways. And they learn of the problems the people face and how they handle them.
Special features improve usefulness
• A complete Table of Contents, linked to the text, allows quickly finding specific information.
• A list of “Do’s and Don’ts” helps keep readers on the right foot.
• A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of a country’s head of government and head of state as well as quality of life statistics such as: life expectancy, infant mortality, gross domestic product per capita and rates of literacy, unemployment and inflation.
• Each briefing provides a map of the country and a picture of its flag.
• Selected briefings are illustrated with color photographs.
• A printer-friendly version of each briefing, in pdf format, allows printing out a hard copy.
• Students needing current information on how life is lived in another country to complete a scholastic assignment.
• Study Abroad Students seeking the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with their hosts, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave, but avoiding the risk of embarrassment by not bringing up a taboo subject.
• Travelers who are curious about the people they meet on their journeys and want to feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment.
• Business Travelers wanting success through the knowledge of the ways their foreign business contacts think and act.
• Researchers requiring current information on the customary ways of those in other lands.
• Anyone striving to understand the ways and world view of someone in another culture.
Culture Briefings are produced by a team that brings together backgrounds in cultural geography and cultural anthropology as well as extensive experience living for extended periods in a variety of foreign cultures and writing about travel, geography and culture for both the popular press and college-level textbooks.
Research is ongoing and the Culture Briefings are frequently updated, assuring they contain current information
Culture Briefings, ranging between 5,000 and 16,000 words, are available for a growing list of nations as an online, subscription database. Subscribers may sign-up for a low-cost, 30-day period or on an annual basis for greater savings. Access to the database can be by User Name/Password or IP address/range. For information on subscribing to the Culture Briefings database, click here.
Culture Briefings show the enduring qualities of a people as well as their present preoccupations. They analyze a country’s culture and show why things are the way they are. They delve into a people’s character, values, beliefs and customs. Readers discover the people’s home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Readers also find out about the culture’s artistic endeavors and its political ways. And they learn of the problems the people face and how they handle them.
Special features improve usefulness
• A complete Table of Contents, linked to the text, allows quickly finding specific information.
• A list of “Do’s and Don’ts” helps keep readers on the right foot.
• A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of a country’s head of government and head of state as well as quality of life statistics such as: life expectancy, infant mortality, gross domestic product per capita and rates of literacy, unemployment and inflation.
• Each briefing provides a map of the country and a picture of its flag.
• Selected briefings are illustrated with color photographs.
• A printer-friendly version of each briefing, in pdf format, allows printing out a hard copy.
Who will benefit from a
Culture Briefing?
• Students needing current information on how life is lived in another country to complete a scholastic assignment.
• Study Abroad Students seeking the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with their hosts, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave, but avoiding the risk of embarrassment by not bringing up a taboo subject.
• Travelers who are curious about the people they meet on their journeys and want to feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment.
• Business Travelers wanting success through the knowledge of the ways their foreign business contacts think and act.
• Researchers requiring current information on the customary ways of those in other lands.
• Anyone striving to understand the ways and world view of someone in another culture.
Experts prepare each
Culture BriefingCulture Briefings are produced by a team that brings together backgrounds in cultural geography and cultural anthropology as well as extensive experience living for extended periods in a variety of foreign cultures and writing about travel, geography and culture for both the popular press and college-level textbooks.
Frequent updates assure current information
Research is ongoing and the Culture Briefings are frequently updated, assuring they contain current information
Available as a subscription database
Culture Briefings, ranging between 5,000 and 16,000 words, are available for a growing list of nations as an online, subscription database. Subscribers may sign-up for a low-cost, 30-day period or on an annual basis for greater savings. Access to the database can be by User Name/Password or IP address/range. For information on subscribing to the Culture Briefings database, click here.
Typical contents
of Culture Briefings
of Culture Briefings
INTRODUCTION
Fast Facts
HISTORY
THE PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language
HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
Family Size
The Role of Women
Funerals
Names
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining
EDUCATING THE CHILDREN
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
MAKING A LIVING
Industry
Services
Agriculture
PASSING LEISURE TIME
Festivals
Sports
THE ARTS
Architecture
Dance
Handicrafts
Literature
Music
Painting
Theater
POLITICAL WAYS
Local Administration
Parties
USEFUL INTERNET LINKS
News Sources
Fast Facts
HISTORY
THE PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language
HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
Family Size
The Role of Women
Funerals
Names
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining
EDUCATING THE CHILDREN
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
MAKING A LIVING
Industry
Services
Agriculture
PASSING LEISURE TIME
Festivals
Sports
THE ARTS
Architecture
Dance
Handicrafts
Literature
Music
Painting
Theater
POLITICAL WAYS
Local Administration
Parties
USEFUL INTERNET LINKS
News Sources
Countries currently
available
available
• Belgium-7,900 words
• China*-15,200 words
• England-12,600 words
• France-13,000 words
• Germany-12,700 words
• Hungary-5,800 words
• India-14,500 words
• Italy-12,700 words
• Japan-10,400 words
• Kenya-13,000 words
• Malaysia-16,400 words
• Mexico-15,800 words
• Morocco-12,100 words
• Netherlands-8,700 wds
• Spain-9,600 words
• Vietnam*-12,800 wds
*Illustrated
• China*-15,200 words
• England-12,600 words
• France-13,000 words
• Germany-12,700 words
• Hungary-5,800 words
• India-14,500 words
• Italy-12,700 words
• Japan-10,400 words
• Kenya-13,000 words
• Malaysia-16,400 words
• Mexico-15,800 words
• Morocco-12,100 words
• Netherlands-8,700 wds
• Spain-9,600 words
• Vietnam*-12,800 wds
*Illustrated
Forthcoming countries
• Peru
• Argentina
• Ireland
• United States
• Argentina
• Ireland
• United States
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