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Title: Ukraine (Culture Shock) by Meredith Dalton ISBN: 1-55868-632-0 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Honest, in-depth, and genuinely appreciative of Ukraine
Comment: CULTURE SHOCK: UKRAINE ranks as one of the best installments of the Culture Shock series. Straightforward and very thorough, it gave this American reader a helpful introduction to Ukrainian culture. Written by an American, Meredith Dalton, who lived in Kyiv for some time, the book tells expatriates what they need to know for a smooth transition to living and working in Ukraine.
Ukraine is a very different country from the U.S., and things that Westerners would see as corruption and inefficiency are normal matters there. Dalton is very frank about how to deal with Ukrainian bureaucracy, how to maintain patience, and how to refrain from comparing everything to life back home. While she emphasizes to the reader that Ukraine may be a difficult and sometimes infuriating country for outsiders, she is always respectful of the Ukrainian culture and way of life. This is one of the few books in the Culture Shock series that are so admirably dedicated to preventing culture shock.
Meredith Dalton also tackles the delicate issue of ethnicity in Ukraine, and explains how, for some people, the country is polarised into a Ukrainian-speaking half and a Russian-speaking half. However, she also shows how the country is in most respects a united culture in spite of language differences.
I felt the section on Ukrainian cuisine could have been a bit more in-depth. Also, the book is geared towards future residents of Kyiv or Lviv, the two cities to which foreigners are most likely to move. As a result, Ukrainian village life is hardly mentioned. However, the meagreness of these topics left Dalton ample room for discussion of Ukrainian custom, etiquette, and superstition.
All in all, CULTURE SHOCK: UKRAINE is an essential resource for anyone vacationing in Ukraine or moving there. One of the best Culture Shock guides.
Rating: 3
Summary: Definately Outdated
Comment: This book is fine if you are just starting out. I found it useful but you'll need more after this. There are many areas where even the un-educated will realized topics are outdated.
Rating: 2
Summary: Really outdated!
Comment: This book is somewhat helpful but hopelessly outdated. Ukraine is changing rapidly and this book just is not of much use at all! See if you can buy it used, but don't waste your money on a new copy.
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Title: Hippocrene Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine (Language and Travel Guides) by Linda Hodges, George Chumak ISBN: 0781808022 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Ukrainian Phrasebook (Ukrainian Phrasebook, 2nd Ed) by Marko Pavlyshyn ISBN: 1740592379 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine by Anna Reid ISBN: 0813337925 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation, Second edition by Andrew Wilson ISBN: 0300093098 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Ukrainian Recipes by Joanne Asala ISBN: 1572160195 Publisher: Penfield Books Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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