Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home

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Scott D. Seligman

This concise guide offers not only the practical 'how-to' for doing business in the People's Republic but also the valuable 'why' for understanding Chinese behavior.

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Anabelle Masclet

Un guide qui aide a mieux s'inte grer dans ce pays et donne des conseils pour y vivre y travailler ou y conclure des affaires en e vitant les faux pas. Apre s une pre sentation du pays et de ses traditions, de crit le mode de vie a la chinoise, l'art de vivre en socie te et les pratiques a adopter en affaires.

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Andrés Tijerina

"Andres Tijerina has mined both traditional and nontraditional sources to portray the daily lives of the Texans of Mexican descent who peopled the Nueces Strip and surrounding areas in the period following the Texas Revolution. From then until the major demographic changes of the 1880s, Mexico-Tejanos laid the foundation for later leadership within the Mexican American political and business movements. In terms clear to a general reading public, Tijerina describes the major elements that gave the Tejano ranch community its identity: shared reaction to Anglo-American in-migration, strong family values, cultural loyalty, networks of communication, Catholic religion, and a material culture well adapted to the conditions of the region."--BOOK JACKET.

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Boye Lafayette De Mente

Minding your manners is an acquired skill, but what serves you well elsewhere could trip you up in Japan. Save yourself possible embarrassment with *Etiquette Guide to Japan*. An inside look at Japanese social graces, it answers all the questions of the thoughtful traveler. Extensive, specific information on Japanese business etiquette assists readers traveling to Japan for business.\ \ Although often overshadowed by a modern facade, long–standing traditional aspects of Japan's culture still influence the country and almost everyone in it. Concrete evidence of this traditional culture can be seen everywhere—in the ancient arts and crafts that are still important parts of everyday life, in the many shrines and temples that dot the nation, and in the modern comeback of traditional fashions such as kimono and yakata robes.\ \ To many Western visitors, however, the most obvious example of this traditional culture's strength is the unique etiquette of the Japanese. Like many nations, Japan has experienced vast political, social, and economic change over the past century. But enough of Japan's traditional etiquette remains to set the Japanese apart socially and psychologically and to make success in socializing and doing business with them a special challenge for Westerners.