USA - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Don't just see the sights; get to know the people. America is a complex society with contrasts and contradictions, shaped by rugged individualism, go-getters, high-tech achievers, and deep religious devotion. This new edition of Culture Smart! USA reveals a society in transition, with the rise of social media giving more Americans a voice. Attitudes and behaviors are being challenged and reassessed, providing an up-to-date cultural road map of this dynamic, multifaceted society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Kuperard

Who can afford not to understand the United States? Beneath the dazzling smile of American popular culture lies a rich and complex society that brims with contrasts and contradictions. It is a culture of rugged individualism, of go-getters, of high-tech high achievers. At the same time, it is a deeply religious country with a quiet devotion to church and charitable works. This new edition of Culture Smart! USA reveals a society in transition. In an increasingly polarized political and cultural climate, and with an ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, the rise of social media has given more Americans a voice. As Americans wake up to a changing world where their global economic dominance is no longer assured, attitudes and behaviors are being challenged and reassessed across the land. Culture Smart! USA takes you on a tour of the core influences and ideals that have shaped this great country and have driven the behavior and attitudes found on Main Street and in the workplace. It looks at Americans at work, at home, and at play, and provides the visitor with an up-to-date cultural road map of this dynamic, multifaceted society.

Who can afford not to understand the United States? Beneath the dazzling smile of American popular culture lies a rich and complex society that brims with contrasts and contradictions. It is a culture of rugged individualism, of go-getters, of high-tech high achievers. At the same time, it is a deeply religious country with a quiet devotion to church and charitable works. This new edition of Culture Smart! USA reveals a society in transition. In an increasingly polarized political and cultural climate, and with an ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, the rise of social media has given more Americans a voice. As Americans wake up to a changing world where their global economic dominance is no longer assured, attitudes and behaviors are being challenged and reassessed across the land. Culture Smart! USA takes you on a tour of the core influences and ideals that have shaped this great country and have driven the behavior and attitudes found on Main Street and in the workplace. It looks at Americans at work, at home, and at play, and provides the visitor with an up-to-date cultural road map of this dynamic, multifaceted society.

Weight: 205g
Dimension: 170 x 110 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787023215
Edition number: Revised ed