Culture Shock! Chile - Softcover

Roraff, Susan; Comacho, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558686142 ISBN 13: 9781558686144

Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Pub Co, 2001

Synopsis

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.

Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Roraff was born in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Masters degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. Following graduation, she worked at the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. She then moved to Santiago, where she worked at an economics research organisation. It was during this time that she met her Chilean husband and travelled extensively throughout Latin America. Since then she has lived in Singapore and Vienna, Austria, and co-authored CultureShock! Austria. She periodically returns home to Santiago with her husband and two sons. Laura Camacho, a native of Galena, Illinois, was a Rotary exchange student to Bolivia. She later married a Latin American and studied Psychology at the Catholic University in La Paz, Bolivia for three years. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish and a Master s degree in Spanish Literature and Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Laura has lived the expatriate life on four continents, but her heart remains in Latin America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558686142
• ISBN 13: 9781558686144
• Binding: Paperback