Philippines - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Graham Collin-Jones, Yvonne Collin-Jones, Graham Colin-Jones, et al.

Book Overview

Culture Smart provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857333179
• ISBN13: 9781857333176
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Kuperard
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Most important book to read; to start to understand us!

This is in many ways an update to "Culture Shock Philippines." It is not a travel guide but does describe a number of good places to visit. It gives a good historical overview, then spends much of it's 168 pages explaining daily life, cultural issues, family values and our focus on the family. It explains common attitudes toward foreigners, and how a foreigner can make a good impression. It includes an excellent discussion about Religion and our many Christian festivals. Descriptions of common housing, shopping, entertaining, family celebrations, and a whole chaper on traveling in The Philippines. I recommend this as the most important book to read to start to understand us. Jean @^:^@