Youth Exchanges: The Complete Guide to the Homestay Experience Abroad

by John Hawks

Book Overview

Cultural differences affect everything from international relations to the trivial encounters of daily life. Tensions between the U.S. and Japan, strife between African-Americans and Koreans, the difficulty urban youth encounter in adapting to a white-collar professional culture--all can be traced, directly or indirectly, to cultural and psychological barriers. The Culture and Psychology Reader gathers a wide range of contributors to present a comprehensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816029229
• ISBN13: 9780816029228
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great guide for choosing an exchange program

This book is great! I could have used this book when I was going abroad for a year when I was in high school. I work at a foreign exchange program and I read this book as research for what is out there, and I have to say this book was great! Anyone contemplating going abroad needs a copy of this book!