
Survival Kit for Overseas Living
For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
For over twenty years, travelers seeking exciting and rewarding adventures abroad have looked to Bob Kohls for advice and have made Survival Kit for Overseas Living one of the most popular books ever published on crossing cultures, buying over 300, 000 copies. With this new edition, sojourners about to set out to live or work overseas will soon discover why Kohls' experience and wisdom have stood the test of time. Kohls' penetrating insights and practical strategies on how to avoid stereotypes, how to explore the mysteries of culture, and how values and different ways of thinking influence behavior make this an indispensable guide. To bridge the cultural divideāwhether traveling alone or with a family, for business or education, whether staying a month or a lifetimeāpack this guide first!
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 So Youāre Going Overseas
- 2 Others Have Gone Before
- 3 The Stereotyped American
- 4 The Ugly American
- 5 Primitivism Reconsidered
- 6 Culture Defined
- 7 Comparing and Contrasting Cultures
- 8 What Makes an American?
- 9 To See Ourselves
- 10 Traveling by Objectives
- 11 On Becoming a Foreigner
- 12 A Strategy for Strangers
- 13 Know Thy Host Country
- 14 Letās Play Q and A
- 15 Speaking of Learning the Language
- 16 Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
- 17 A Handy Guide to Intercultural Communication
- 18 Culture Shock: Occupational Hazard of Overseas Living
- 19 Responding to Culture Shock
- 20 Skills that Make a Difference
- 21 Husbands, Wives, and Children
- 22 Minding Other Peopleās Business
- 23 The Challenge
- Postscript 1: So Youāre Coming Back Home?
- Postscript 2: Jaunts and Junkets
- Appendices
- About the Author
- Footnotes