France - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture - Softcover

Barry Tomalin; Culture Smart!

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857336739 ISBN 13: 9781857336733

Publisher: Kuperard, 2013

Synopsis

Culture Smart ! France provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behaviour in France, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. This concise guide will 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, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! provides rare insights, and practical guidance, into cultures. The values, behaviour and customs of peoples have been formed over centuries which is why the unique information in Culture Smart! guides do not date in the same way as ordinary travel guides. Culture Smart! enables you to step into a world untouched by other guidebooks.

About this title

Review:

Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers. --Sunday Times Travel

the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries. --Global Travel

full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas. --The Observer

About the Author:

BARRY TOMALIN is an English writer and trainer with a BA in Anthropology and Linguistics from the University of London. He has thirty years experience of education and training in France. Fluent in French, he has lived in France, Algeria, and in Francophone Africa, and has trained business students and diplomats. He is currently a module leader on the MA program in Media, Technology, and Culture Studies at the University of Westminster, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kuperard
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1857336739
• ISBN 13: 9781857336733
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 168