Austria - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Peter Gieler, Culture Smart!

Overview

Austria has produced some of the world’s finest composers, dazzled us with an imperial Baroque architecture, and led the way with groundbreaking psychoanalysis. It has taught us to waltz, defined what a real coffee house is, and given us one of Europe’s most popular winter playgrounds. All this from one small nation, roughly the size of South Carolina. Historically the country was a land of transit along the Danube route, and the meeting of Germanic, Mediterranean, and Eastern European peoples helped to shape the Austrians of today. They have turned their heritage and culture to good advantage, developed new high-tech industries, established relationships with their former Communist neighbors as well as their EU partners, and have enjoyed a small economic miracle. Culture Smart! Austria describes the real people in the picture postcard, offering key insights into everyday Austrian life and equipping you to discover for yourself the many qualities of this lively people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857338676
Publisher:	Kuperard
Publication date:	01/04/2018
Series:	Culture Smart! , #87
Edition description:	Second edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

After a long career in educational training in London, Peter Gieler became General Secretary of the Anglo–Austrian Society and editor of the UK quarterly Felix Austria.

Table of Contents

Map of Austria,
Introduction,
Key Facts,
Chapter 1: LAND AND PEOPLE,
Chapter 2: VALUES AND ATTITUDES,
Chapter 3: CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS,
Chapter 4: MAKING FRIENDS,
Chapter 5: THE AUSTRIANS AT HOME,
Chapter 6: TIME OUT,
Chapter 7: TRAVEL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY,
Chapter 8: BUSINESS BRIEFING,
Chapter 9: COMMUNICATING,
Appendix: Some Famous Austrians,
Further Reading,
Acknowledgments,

Editorial Reviews

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

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