American Ways: A guide for Foreigners in the United States

General Ideal about American Culture; Specific Aspects of American Life; Coping with Cultural differences

American Ways: A guide for Foreigners in the United States

Gary Althen

Intercultural Press

2003

Abstract

“American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners in the United States” Gary Althen has added material to provide the clearest insights yet into the American psyche and culture, including the rewritten chapter Ways of Reasoning, which provides one of the best-organized and clearest presentations of American thought processes to date, and a new chapter on race and ethnic relations that compares how foreign visitors and Americans alike perceive American subcultures. Within most chapters Althen has included a new section, Suggestions for Foreign Visitors, adding another practical dimension to the book. American Ways covers all the basic needs of the foreign student or businessperson, covering the trends and customs of day-to-day activities like driving, shopping and verbal and nonverbal communication as well as the more esoteric customs regarding cultural values, politics, education, religion and male-female relationships. (https://www.amazon.com/)

Table of Contents:

Part 1: General Ideas about American Culture

Part 2: Specific Aspects of American Life

Part 3: Coping with Cultural Differences