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Book Culture Shock

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9789812047120
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Culture Shock written by Mark Cramer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book CultureShock  Bolivia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2009-11-15
  • ISBN : 9814484350
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Bolivia written by Mark Cramer and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Bolivia provides readers with a thorough understanding of this South American country, a nation steeped in history, culture, and tradition. Containing pages of useful information, advice, tips and resources, this book will guide you through the social and psychic adjustment necessary when moving to Bolivia. Learn, first and foremost, how to deal with soroche (altitude sickness), then understand the importance to the Bolivians of Pachamama (Mother Earth) and how she influences festivals and joyous occasions. Discover how to interact with the many diverse cultures, from Kallawayas to Cholas and Cholos to Aymara and Quechua, to name a few. Adapt to the Bolivian concept of time, understand the Bolivian love affair with soccer, and adopt the light-hearted response needed with water balloons at fiestas. This guide will lead nature lovers through the paved trails used by Incas over 2,000 years ago.

Book CultureShock  Bolivia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher : Culture Shock!
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780761456582
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Bolivia written by Mark Cramer and published by Culture Shock!. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Bolivia

Book CultureShock  Bolivia

Download or read book CultureShock Bolivia written by Mark Cramer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Cuba offers an insight into a highly contradictory country, where there are more grey areas than black and white. Here is a balanced account of Cuba's current realities, a useful guide for people who wish to visit or do business in Cuba. Learn from the locals how they survive in Cuba with the little they have. Find out how the importance of public good over individual right has helped take care of every single citizen in the country. More than just providing the practical information to help you settle into Cuba, the authors draw from their personal experiences to give a deeper u.

Book Bolivia

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  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780761424888
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Bolivia written by Mark Cramer and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Bolivia provides readers with a thorough understanding of this South American country, a nation steeped in history, culture, and tradition. Containing pages of useful information, advice, tips and resources, this book will guide you through the social and psychic adjustment necessary when moving to Bolivia. Learn, first and foremost, how to deal with soroche (altitude sickness), then understand the importance to the Bolivians of Pachamama (Mother Earth) and how she influences festivals and joyous occasions. Discover how to interact with the many diverse cultures, from Kallawayas to Cholas and Cholos to Aymara and Quechua, to name a few. Adapt to the Bolivian concept of time, understand the Bolivian love affair with soccer, and adopt the light-hearted response needed with water balloons at fiestas. This guide will lead nature lovers through the paved trails used by Incas over 2,000 years ago and prompt the question: can an untrained climber reach the peak of Mount Illimani? Whatever your needs or interests, CultureShock! Bolivia has the answer and you'll soon learn not to take a single breath for granted in this diverse and spectacular country. Book jacket.

Book Culture and Customs of Bolivia

Download or read book Culture and Customs of Bolivia written by Javier A. Galván and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, contemporary representations of Bolivian art, music, religion, literature, festivals, theater, and cinema document how history and geography have shaped Bolivia's modern culture. Bolivia has long been neglected by North American historians and anthropologists. Now, author Javier A. Galván fills this gap with a book that analyzes the complex cultures of this South American nation within the context of its rich history and contemporary traditions. The first half of this text is dedicated to how and where people live—detailed geography, social traditions, religious practices, political institutions, and Bolivian cuisine and culture. The varied religious and linguistic traditions of the indigenous groups that comprise the majority of the national population are also described, giving readers a deeper appreciation for the diversity of Bolivia's character. The second half of the book explores the creative talent of Bolivians who are advancing the literary movements, painting styles, architectural design, theater productions, fashion design, and emerging film industry of the country. Culture and Customs of Bolivia also includes a detailed analysis of contemporary print and broadcasting media.

Book Culture Shock  Bolivia

Download or read book Culture Shock Bolivia written by Mark Cramer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915, Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) changed the future of modern art when his experiments in painting led the Russian avant-garde into pure abstraction. He called his innovation Suprematism - an art of pure geometric form meant to be universally comprehensible regardless of cultural or ethnic origin.

Book The Rough Guide to Bolivia

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Bolivia written by James Read and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Culture Shock

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  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Culture Shock written by Mark Cramer and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives informative tips on the do's and don'ts of custom in Bolivia and provides interesting insights into the social and business attitudes of the Bolivian people.

Book Trekking in Bolivia

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  • Author : Yossi Brain
  • Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780898865011
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Trekking in Bolivia written by Yossi Brain and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses regulations for traveling to Bolivia, government red tape, and the varied terrain of this Andean nation

Book The Rough Guide to Bolivia

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Bolivia written by Shafik Meghji and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, fully-updated edition of The Rough Guide to Bolivia helps you discover both the big sights and the hidden gems, with expert reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink for everyone from backpackers to five-star travelers. Now available in ePub format. The introduction will help you choose where to go and what to see, inspired by dozens of stunning photos. The Things Not To Miss section runs through all the must-sees, while the Itineraries guide you around the country's highlights. Navigation through the book and on the ground is aided by clear color maps with every chapter. Each map is keyed with all the accommodation, eating and drinking options, nightlife venues and shops that are reviewed in detail in the Listings chapters. From the shimmering blue waters of Lake Titicaca to the blindingly white salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni, the snow-capped peaks of the Andes and the verdant rainforests of the Amazon, Bolivia's diverse landscapes astound. The country is incredibly rich in culture and history, boasting ancient pre-Inca ruins, fascinating witches' markets, vibrant carnivals and some of South America's finest colonial architecture. There are also plenty of activities for thrill seekers, including cycling down the world's most dangerous road, exploring legendary silver mines, swimming with pink river dolphins and retracing the footsteps of Che Guevara. Make the most of your time on EarthTM with The Rough Guide to Bolivia.

Book The Rough Guide to Bolivia

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Bolivia written by Brendon Griffin and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Bolivia is the ultimate travel guide to one of South America's most captivating countries. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style, Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your list and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets. We know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to Bolivia: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Bolivia. Originally published in print in 2012. Now available in ePub format.

Book Comparing Cultures

    Book Details:
  • Author : John W. Pickering
  • Publisher : Walch Publishing
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780825138812
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Comparing Cultures written by John W. Pickering and published by Walch Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With material for approximately 24 class periods, Comparing Cultures exposes your students to Bolivia, Canada, Russia, Korea, Tasmania, and Ghana, concluding with the creation of their own culture, language, customs, and more. Cooperative learning and critical-thinking skills are developed through activities that integrate personal experiences with classroom materials.

Book The Citizen Factory

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  • Author : Aurolyn Luykx
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780791440377
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book The Citizen Factory written by Aurolyn Luykx and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid ethnography of a group of students training to become schoolteachers in Bolivia and the challenges they face as they try to maintain their indigenous identity.

Book Hotel Bolivia  The Culture of Memory in a Refuge from Nazism

Download or read book Hotel Bolivia The Culture of Memory in a Refuge from Nazism written by Leo Spitzer and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate to escape the increasingly vehement persecution in their homelands, thousands of refugees from Nazi-dominated Central Europe, the majority of them Jews, found refuge in Latin America in the 1930s. Bolivia became a principal recipient of this influx — one of the few remaining places in the entire world to accept Jewish refugees after the German Anschluss of Austria in 1938. Some 20,000 refugees arrived in Bolivia, more than in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa — the leading British Commonwealth countries — combined. In Bolivia, the refugees began to reconstruct a version of the world that they had been forced to abandon. Their own origins and social situations had been diverse in Central Europe, ranging across generational, class, educational, and political differences, and incorporating various professional, craft, and artistic backgrounds. But it was Austro/German Jewish bourgeois society that provided them with a model for emulation and a common locus for identification in their place of refuge. Indeed, at the very time when that dynamic social and cultural amalgam was being ruthlessly and systematically destroyed by the Nazis, the Jewish refugees in Bolivia attempted to recall and revive a version of it in a land thousands of miles from their home: in a country that offered them a haven, but in which many of them felt themselves as mere sojourners. Hotel Bolivia explores an important, but generally neglected, aspect of the experience of group displacement — the relationship between memory and cultural survival during an era of persecution and genocide. Employing oral histories, family photographs, artistic and documentary portrayals, it considers the Third Reich background for the emigration, the refugees’ perceptions of past and future, and the role of images and stereotypes in shaping refugee and Bolivian cross-cultural communication and acceptance. It examines how the immigrants remembered, recalled and reshaped the European world they had been forced to abandon in the institutions, culture, and community they created in Bolivia. In documenting life stories and reclaiming the memories and discourses of ordinary persons who might otherwise remain hidden from history, Hotel Bolivia contributes to a major objective of contemporary historical studies. But it is also directly concerned with theoretical issues, increasingly evident in historical writing, focusing on the contextualization of memory and the interdependence – and tension – between memory and history. In reflecting on remembered experience, over time and between people, the ultimate objective of this book is to contribute to the historical study of memory itself. “A curiously inspiring corner of Holocaust history: the story is of how culture and memory survive, and change, in the shock of new surroundings.” — Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost “A form of doing history that offers fresh intellectual insights while touching the heart.” — Ruth Behar, University of Michigan, author of The Vulnerable Observer andTranslated Women “It is rare that a scholarly book reads like a novel. Leo Spitzer’s compelling Hotel Bolivia not only is beautifully written but changes the way we think about history... This groundbreaking book will become required reading in numerous fields, including Latin American studies, Jewish studies, diaspora studies, immigration studies, and ethnic studies.” — Jeffrey Lesser, Brown University, author of Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question “Evocative, thoughtful, and otherwise impressive... Vividly introduces readers to a little-known aspect of refugee history during the Holocaust.” — Kirkus “A searing account of the Jewish refugees’ checkered experience... Part memoir, part oral history, Spitzer’s eye-opening study uses interviews with surviving refugees (now widely dispersed around the world), plus letters, photographs, family albums and archival documents to explore the trauma of displacement.” — Publishers Weekly

Book CultureShock  Cuba

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Cramer
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2010-08-15
  • ISBN : 9814484261
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Cuba written by Mark Cramer and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Cuba offers an insight into a highly contradictory country, where there are more grey areas than black and white. Here is a balanced account of Cuba’s current realities, a useful guide for people who wish to visit or do business in Cuba. Learn from the locals how they survive in Cuba with the little they have. Find out how the importance of public good over individual right has helped take care of every single citizen in the country. More than just providing the practical information to help you settle into Cuba, the authors draw from their personal experiences to give a deeper understanding of the life and culture of these friendly, warm and straight-forward people. CultureShock! Cuba is your ultimate survival guide to this colourful country.

Book CultureShock  Travel Safe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul E Zakowich
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2009-10-30
  • ISBN : 9814435244
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Travel Safe written by Paul E Zakowich and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want to go to some less-travelled country—Zambia, for example—but you don’t know what vaccinations are required, much less what health hazards may wait you there. Your friends are planning a trip to Tibet, but you’re worried about how to handle the thinner air up there. You’re travelling with your children for the first time, and you’re not sure how to handle it. CultureShock! Travel Safe gives you all the information you’ll need to keep yourself and your family and friends safe and healthy while travelling. The true travel stories included illustrate the common mistakes travellers make when it comes to keeping healthy while travelling. Covering everything from getting medical travel insurance, packing a medical kit and performing CPR to the best way to handle children on a long flight and what vaccinations they will need before travelling, CultureShock! Travel Safe is the best travelling companion you’ll ever need.