Althen (former foreign student adviser, U. of Iowa) gives advice to foreign visitors to the U.S. that is intended to help them understand the motivations, attitudes, communication styles, and actions of Americans.
Intercultural Communication: A Reader. 7th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Saphiere, Dianne. H., Barbara K. Mikk, & Basma I. DeVries. 2005. Communication Highwire: Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles.
While writing this chapter, I examined a number of significant historical cookbooks, including Sarah Josepha Hale's Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, 1857); Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife (Baltimore: ...
In fact, the different groups living in America have described American exceptionalism in such differing terms that there hardly ever was a shared understanding as to what these exceptional experiences were and how to interpret them.
Great scientific and technological advances in the twentieth century enabled American farmers to produce bountiful harvests that ensured an abundant and relatively cheap food supply. But as farmers became more...
An award-winning journalist traces her 2009 immersion into the national food system to explore issues about how working-class Americans can afford to eat as they should, describing how she worked as a farm laborer, Wal-Mart grocery clerk ...
In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their national leaders; how Republicans used the skills they brought to Richard ...
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The century-long struggle over the boundaries of sexual propriety and morality is the subject of Kevin White's rich account of American attitudes toward sex. Mr. White explores this great and...
The book highlights American Indian spiritual leaders, miracle healings, and ceremonies that have influenced American history and shows their continued significance--Provided by publisher.