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

Don't just see the sights―get to know the people.

Who can afford not to understand the USA? Underneath the gleaming smile of American popular culture lies a rich and complex society that brims with contrasts and contradictions. It is a culture of rugged individualism, of go-getters, of high-tech high achievers. At the same time it is a deeply religious country with a quiet devotion to church and charitable works.

This new edition of Culture Smart! USA reveals a society in transition. In an in...