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Title: Survival Kit for Overseas Living: For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad by L. Robert Kohls ISBN: 1-85788-292-X Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Intercultural Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Former Peace Corps Volunteer
Comment: This book was a gift given before my overseas service with the US Peace Corps. It ended up being the most valuable resource I had in my overseas experience. Over the years I've referred back to it (even in moving across the US) to deal with cultural changes.
Rating: 3
Summary: A bit of redundant, but immensely practical.
Comment: Survival Kit starts out a bit slow- it is helpful for someone who has done no studying of other cultures, and cross-cultural interactions. Indeed, superbably so- what it means to be American, what other cultures are, how to relate to people. But if you have studied anthropology or sociology or other cultures, you will find the first 2/3rds of the book largely old hat. It's the final third that really gets into some profound detail.
This final third is immensely practical, looking at how to recognize culture shock, how to deal with it, how to respond with love to others around you in your new culture. Kohls presents interesting ideas on how we view the world, as individuals, though I must confess I am still experiencing a great deal of trauma at having to spend an hour to see a particular perspective of a picture he presents. He then provides the cues we can expect within a new culture, even to the point of the likely dual-cyclic time periods of culture shock; how to deal with this as a family; and how to respond to reverse culture shock when you return "home". I plan on looking back to this book at the appropriate time in about 3 months, when I am scheduled to enter my first bout of culture shock.
Rating: 5
Summary: Practical Information
Comment: I have lived overseas for a year now and this book has been a wonderful help. It clearly and practically explains what it is to be an American and how that effects how others see us. I would recommend this book for every American planning to work or study outside the United States.
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Title: The Expert Expatriate: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad: Moving, Living, Thriving by Melissa Brayer Hess, Patricia Linderman ISBN: 1857883209 Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Culture Shock! Successful Living Abroad: Living and Working Abroad by Monica Rabe ISBN: 1558683046 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Art of Crossing Cultures by Craig Storti ISBN: 1857882962 Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Intercultural Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Overseas Americans : The Essential Guide To Living And Working Abroad by William Beaver ISBN: 1581602596 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Living and Working in Britain: A Survival Handbook by David Hampshire ISBN: 1901130509 Publisher: Survival Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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