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Culture Briefing: England
Your guide to English culture and customs
Available for immediate downloading
to your computer
Culture Briefing England gives you current, in-depth information to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the English people.
Whether traveling to England, working on a class paper or doing business with the English, you'll find Culture Briefing: England an invaluable resource.
If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: England. It will let you enrich your trip, gaining more knowledge, enjoyment and insight and more financial success when traveling on business.
You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment. Youll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the English, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave.
No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with the English because you brought up a taboo subject, couldnt comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of the British form of government.
Culture Briefing: England helps you figure out the English by penetrating below their societys surface to reveal the customs and established ways of life in England.
With Culture Briefing: England youll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the English. Youll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. Youll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Plus, you'll get insight into doing business with the English.
Youll also discover the problems the English people face and see how they handle them.
(Culture Briefings) are sufficiently useful that travelers will want to be able to rely on them for all their global sojourns. (They are) authoritative....well written, thorough, and current....a very useful source for travelers and businesspeople."
In todays increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the earths other peoples is an essential skill. And Culture Briefing: England can aid you in gaining that expertise.
Get insight into the English way of life
With Culture Briefing: England you'll learn:
- the differences between British English and American English
- what seemingly innocent questions you might ask that people would feel to be impolite
- what activity is not just a hobby with the English but a passion
- which conversation topics the English enjoy most, and which you should avoid
- what would be an appropriate gift when visiting a home
- what phrase is the common greeting when introduced to someone
- what type of behavior is seen as appropriate by the English
- the north-south and class divisions within English society
- how Britain's health and social security systems operate
- what indicators suggest which class someone fits into
- which government program 89 percent of the British feel is successful
- what is the English equivalent of the American's burger and fries
- what common item is called a "mac" (No, it's not an Apple computer.)
- the leisure activity center for the English
- what the term "public school" means in Britain
- which literary styles were developed by English writers in the 18th century and are still thriving today
- what aspect of British government has been used as a model by many countries around the world
- what musical genre developed by the English in the Middle Ages is still heard today
- how the royal family fits into government and society
- and much, much more.
Contents of Culture Briefing: England
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INTRODUCTION
Fast Facts
HISTORY
Monarchs of England & Great Britain
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language
British English-American English
HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
The Role of Women
Names
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining
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EDUCATING THE CHILDREN
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
MAKING A LIVING
PASSING LEISURE TIME
Pub Do's and Don'ts
Sports
THE ARTS
Theater
Painting
Literature
Music
POLITICAL WAYS
Parties
Royalty
USEFUL CONTACTS
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Who will benefit from Culture Briefing: England
Culture Briefing: England is an essential tool for:
- Travelers, whether on a tour or traveling independently, who are curious about the ways of life of the people they will meet in England.
- Business travelers seeking success in their business travel through knowledge of the character, values, beliefs and business ways of their contacts in England.
- Researchers needing current information on the customs, ways of life and lifestyle of the English.
- Teachers requiring up-to-date data on English culture.
- Students wanting to learn about the character, customs, values, lifestyle and beliefs of the English.
- Study-abroad students desiring in-depth information on the customs and ways of life where they will live and study.
- Military personnel requiring knowledge of the people's customs and lifestyle for an assignment in England.
- Travel agents needing insight into the issues, culture and customs in the country to which they are sending travelers.
- Anyone striving to understand English culture.
Frequent updates assure current information
Research is ongoing and Culture Briefing: England is frequently updated, assuring you it contains current information.
Special features improve usefulness
Culture Briefing: England contains special features that increase its usefulness:
- A complete table of contents lets you find information quickly.
- A Do's and Donts list helps keep you on the right foot.
- A Fast Facts box provides quick reference to the names of Britain's current heads of state and government as well as quality-of-life statistics
- Two maps show: 1) England's position in Europe, 2) England's major features, areas, rivers and cities.
Experts prepare your Culture Briefing
Culture Briefing: England offers solid, authoritative information. It is 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.
How to order
Culture Briefing: England is published on 8.5 x 11 pages in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf). This allows your e-book to retain its original formatting whether you read it on your computer or print out a copy.
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US$11.95 105 pages, 2007 ISBN 0-937281-23-9
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