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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER is based on the idea that successful intercultural communication is a matter of highest importance if humankind and society are to survive. This text is theoretical and practical so that the issues associated with intercultural communication... Read Full Overview

This new special, anniversary edition of INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER, celebrates 40 years of publication. In compiling this Fortieth Anniversary Edition, the editors reviewed over 600 articles from the previous 13 editions and selected those essays that educators, both... Read Full Overview

This broad-based, highly engaging reader, compiled by the authors who defined the course, introduces students to the theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural communication. It includes a balance of articles with readings that discuss the classic ideas that laid the... Read Full Overview

The goal of this text is to introduce students to the theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural communication. The text's articles begin with the basic elements of communication, and then look at how those elements are shaped by social and cultural forces. Specific co-cultures... Read Full Overview

This reader is composed of 40 short articles on a broad range of subjects. The first section introduces basic concepts; subsequent chapters contain articles on international cultures, nondominant US cultures, and on contexts of intercultural communication such as negotiation,... Read Full Overview

Enhance your skills as an effective, culturally aware communicator with INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER (WITH INFOTRAC). You'll find articles -- some commissioned solely for this text --that discuss the classic ideas that laid the groundwork for this field, as well as those... Read Full Overview

This sixth edition contains nineteen new essays, eleven of which were prepared especially for this book, as well as expanded topical coverage including new emphasis on co-cultures and contexts such as health care, education and business.