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Book CultureShock  Berlin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Agnes Sachsenroeder
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2009-11-15
  • ISBN : 9814435295
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Berlin written by Agnes Sachsenroeder and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Berlin will bring you on an exciting discovery and pave the way for a smooth and enjoyable stay in this ever-changing city. Full of practical information and interesting insights, the book is a valuable road map for expatriates and long-term visitors on how Berliners tick, and how to get on and along in the city, down to how to separate rubbish for recycling, which, in Germany, is something for which you need an instruction manual. Understand the mechanisms of a city that has played such a compelling role on the world’s political and historical stage. Appreciate the discipline and punctuality of the Berliners and learn how to get behind their serious exterior and the famous Berliner Schnauze. With its lovely parks, marvellous museums and rich artistic and cultural roots, Berlin will also surprise you with its unique beauty and charm. CultureShock! Berlin is your essential guide to making this city your own

Book CultureShock  Germany

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Lord
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2008-09-10
  • ISBN : 9814435694
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Germany written by Richard Lord and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2008-09-10 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Germany dispels the stereotypes and explores the realities of unified Germany, giving readers an insight into its varied people and customs. Find out how a makler can help you locate the right accommodation, be aware of the importance of health insurance and prepare yourself for the short German workweek that comes complete with an annual 30 days of holiday. Learn to appreciate the various versions of wurst and the different types of beer. CultureShock! Germany is the definitive guide for anyone who wants to settle well into German society.

Book Berlin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Agnes Sachsenroeder
  • Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780761456810
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Berlin written by Agnes Sachsenroeder and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Berlin will bring you on an exciting discovery and pave the way for a smooth and enjoyable stay in this ever-changing city Insights into the people and their culture and traditions. Advise on adapting into the local environment. Essential information on the coutnry's history, traditions, beliefs, etiquette, cusine and leisure activities. Suggestions on how to get the most out of the travel experience. Linguistic help and hints on how to learn the language and do business. A useful list of foreign words and phrases and a conprehensive resource guide. A glossary books for further reading and a list of interesting websites for additonal reference. Lively and humorous illustrations that capture the essence of the text. CultureShock! Berlinwill bring you on an exciting discovery and pave the way for a smooth and enjoyable stay in this ever-changing city. Full of practical information and interesting insights, the book is a valuable road map for expatriates and long-term visitors on how Berliners tick, and how to get on and along in the city, down to how to separate rubbish for recycling, which, in Germany, is something for which you need an instruction manual. Understand the mechanisms of a city that has played such a compelling role on the world's political and historical stage. Appreciate the discipline and punctuality of the Berliners and learn how to get behind their serious exterior and the famous Berliner Schnauze. With its lovely parks, marvellous museums and rich artistic and cultural roots, Berlin will also surprise you with its unique beauty and charm. CultureShock! Berlinis your essential guide to making this city your own. Agnes Sachsenroederhas lived in Cairo, Berlin, Bucharest and Sofia for over a decade. While in these cities, she also travelled extensively to other countries in the neighbourhood. Apart from grappling with the 'culture shock' that came from being dunked in cultures as diverse as Middle Eastern, European and Balkan, she also experienced first-hand the 'trailing spouse shock', as she morphed from being a lawyer to just The Wife of her husband whose job postings took them to different countries. Sachsenroeder worked as a coordinator for a newcomers� orientation programme in Cairo, helping newcomers adjust to life in Egypt. She is also the author of CultureShock! Bulgaria. During her stint as Trailing Spouse, apart from cross-cultural work, she also taught English to German executives in a leading bank and other organisations and worked on projects for non-governmental organisations.

Book Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin

Download or read book Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin written by Karin Bauer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the “New Berlin” is at the same time a rich site of historical memory, defined inescapably by its past even as it articulates German and European hopes for the future. Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin presents a fascinating cross-section of life in Germany’s largest city, revealing the complex ways in which globalization, ethnicity, economics, memory, and national identity inflect how its urban spaces are inhabited and depicted.

Book Berlin

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  • Author : Charles Werner Haxthausen
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 1452908176
  • Pages : 291 pages

Download or read book Berlin written by Charles Werner Haxthausen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss how Berlin and its culture have been portrayed in literature, poetry, film, cabaret, and the visual arts

Book Berlin in Focus

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  • Author : Barbara Becker-Cantarino
  • Publisher : Praeger
  • Release : 1996-07-17
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Berlin in Focus written by Barbara Becker-Cantarino and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-07-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays looks at Berlin after the fall of the Wall as the city struggles to re-establish itself as the cultural and political capital of Germany. Issues explored include the role of women in the restructuring of higher education, and counter-culture ventures.

Book In a Cold Crater

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  • Author : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2024-07-26
  • ISBN : 0520414586
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book In a Cold Crater written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the three conspicuous cultures of Berlin in the twentieth century—Weimar, Nazi, and Cold War—are well documented, little is known about the years between the fall of the Third Reich and the beginning of the Cold War. In a Cold Crater is the history of this volatile postwar moment, when the capital of the world's recently defeated public enemy assumed great emotional and symbolic meaning. This is a story not of major intellectual and cultural achievements (for there were none in those years), but of enormous hopes and plans that failed. It is the story of members of the once famous volcano-dancing Berlin intelligentsia, torn apart by Nazism and exile, now re-encountering one another. Those who had stayed in Berlin in 1933 crawled out of the rubble, while many of the exiles returned with the Allied armies as members of the various cultural and re-educational units. All of them were eager to rebuild a neo-Weimar republic of letters, arts, and thought. Some were highly qualified and serious. Many were classic opportunists. A few came close to being clowns. After three years of "carnival," recreated by Schivelbusch in all its sound and fury, they were driven from the stage by the Cold War. As Berlin once again becomes the German capital, Schivelbusch's masterful cultural history is certain to captivate historians and general readers alike. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.

Book CultureShock  Germany

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Lord
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2008-08-15
  • ISBN : 9814751286
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Germany written by Richard Lord and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Germany dispels the stereotypes and explores the realities of unified Germany, giving readers an insight into its varied people and customs. Find out how a makler can help you locate the right accommodation, be aware of the importance of health insurance and prepare yourself for the short German work week that comes complete with an annual 30 days of holiday. Understand what it is to be an Ausländer and take advantage of the practical information on how to fit in and settle into a country that is still recovering from the scars of World War II and the separation of east and west. Learn to appreciate the various versions of wurst and the different types of beer. CultureShock! Germany is the definitive guide for anyone who wants to settle well into German society. About the Series CultureShock! is a comprehensive, dynamic and indispensable guide for travellers looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting, as well as expatriates settling into a new assignment in a foreign land. Each title explains the customs, traditions, social and business etiquette in a lively and informative style. CultureShock! Authors, all of whom have experienced the joys and pitfalls of cultural adaptation, provide warm and informative advice to those who seek to integrate seamlessly into diverse cultures. The books have a friendly and honest writing style and are full of personal experiences, practical advise and useful information

Book Berlin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Haxthausen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991-02-06
  • ISBN : 9780816668724
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Berlin written by Charles Haxthausen and published by . This book was released on 1991-02-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin: Culture and Metropolis was first published in 1991.Berlin's recent history is uniquely representative of the major upheavals of the modern era. The city has been a capital under imperialist, democratic, fascist, and communist regimes; it has been devastated by war and has witnessed two revolutions. These changes often have come rapidly, drastically, and unexpectedly.Berlin: Culture and Metropolis includes essays on literature, poetry, film, cabaret, and the visual arts that illustrate how the relationship between the city and its inhabitants has been repeatedly renegotiated with each generation. Scholars in art history, film studies, literature, history, and sociology cover the period from the turn of the century to the present, writing on such topics as twentieth century cabaret, the celebration of the city's 750th anniversary, and the cultural contributions of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Grosz, Alfred Döblin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Christa Wolf. These essays reveal the often uneasy relationships between twentieth-century Berlin and the culture these changes have produced.

Book CultureShock  Berlin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Agnes Sachsenroeder
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Berlin written by Agnes Sachsenroeder and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Berlin will bring you on an exciting discovery and pave the way for a smooth and enjoyable stay in this ever-changing city. Full of practical information and interesting insights, the book is a valuable road map for expatriates and long-term visitors on how Berliners tick, and how to get on and along in the city, down to how to separate rubbish for recycling, which, in Germany, is something for which you need an instruction manual. Understand the mechanisms of a city that has played such a compelling role on the world's political and historical stage. Appreciate the discipline and punctuality of the Berliners and learn how to get behind their serious exterior and the famous Berliner Schnauze. With its lovely parks, marvellous museums and rich artistic and cultural roots, Berlin will also surprise you with its unique beauty and charm. CultureShock! Berlin is your essential guide to making this city your own.

Book CultureShock  Shanghai

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sharol Gauthier
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2019-09-15
  • ISBN : 9814751847
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book CultureShock Shanghai written by Sharol Gauthier and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Shanghai is the complete guide for those who are trying to get a handle on China’s glittering crown jewel that is both charmingly ancient yet stunningly ultra-modern. Can you tell your xiaolongbao from your xiaolongxia? What is this nebulous concept called guan xi? Is being called a laowai a pejorative? Boasting some of the world’s tallest buildings, largest businesses, longest bridges, fastest trains and elevators, and finest restaurants, Shanghai is a megacity and world-class financial centre that may well be the world’s first cashless society, but it also has cosy streets filled with napping bicyclists, dancers in full costume and seniors with bird cages. With impressive light shows, backlit freeways and luminous skylines, Shanghai is truly a city of light. Get the most out of your stay with this guide to the Asian metropolis par excellence. The Series CultureShock! is a dynamic, indispensable series of guides for travellers looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting, working in or moving to. Each title explains the country’s customs, traditions and social and business etiquette in a lively, informative style. CultureShock! authors, all of whom have experienced the joys and pitfalls of cultural adaptation, are ideally placed to provide warm and helpful advice to those who seek to integrate seamlessly into diverse cultures.

Book Rick Steves Berlin

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  • Author : Rick Steves
  • Publisher : Rick Steves
  • Release : 2018-12-18
  • ISBN : 1641711590
  • Pages : 605 pages

Download or read book Rick Steves Berlin written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvel at the Brandenburg Gate, climb the Reichstag's dome, and check out Checkpoint Charlie with Rick Steves Berlin! Inside you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Berlin Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from the colorful East Side Gallery, to the Memorial of the Berlin Wall, to cozy corner biergartens How toconnect with local culture: Raise a pint with the locals and sample schnitzel, stroll through hip Prenzlauer Berg, or cruise down the Spree River Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and incredible museums Detailed neighborhood maps for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, a German phrase book, a historical overview, and recommended reading Over 400 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Complete, up-to-date information on every neighborhood in Berlin, as well as day trips to Potsdam, Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, and Wittenberg Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Berlin. Expanding your trip? Try Rick Steves Best of Germany.

Book Culture Shock  Munich

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Smith
  • Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
  • Release : 2010-08-13
  • ISBN : 9814484784
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Culture Shock Munich written by Elizabeth Smith and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Munich is the must-have guide for anyone who is interested in the real Munich. Packed full of practical information as well as interesting trivia on the colourful customs and workings of this historic city, this book will help make your stay in Munich as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. Learn how to choose suitable accommodation, how to get around efficiently and how to assimilate into the local society. Get acquainted with the various festivals and events that are hosted in this city of castles and museums. Discover the beautiful parks and popular local haunts. Find out what makes the people of Munich tick and how to make new friends in a foreign country and discover the best places to eat and drink. Whatever your wants, needs or interests, CultureShock! Munich has the answer, equipping you with the tools and confidence for a pleasant time in this culturally and historically rich city

Book Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain

Download or read book Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain written by Stefan Manz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to focus specifically upon the relationship between refugees and intercultural transfer over an extensive period of time. Since circa 1830, a series of groups have made their way to Britain, beginning with exiles from the failed European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth century and ending with refugees who have increasingly come from beyond Europe. The book addresses four specific questions. First, what roles have individuals or groups of refugees played in cultural and political transfers to Britain since 1830? Second, can we identify a novel form of cultural production which differs from that in the homeland? Third, to what extent has dissemination within and transformation of the receiving culture occurred? Fourth, to what extent do refugee groups, themselves, undergo a process of cultural restructuring? The coverage of the individual essays ranges from high culture, through politics and everyday practices. The volume moves away from general perceptions of refugees as ‘problem groups’ and rather focuses on the way they have shaped, and indeed enriched, British cultural and political life. This book was previously published as a special issue of Immigrants and Minorities.

Book Cultureshock  Hawai I

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brent Massey
  • Publisher : Brent Massey
  • Release : 2008-06-27
  • ISBN : 0761424989
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Cultureshock Hawai I written by Brent Massey and published by Brent Massey. This book was released on 2008-06-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Labor Movement

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  • Author : Harald Bauder
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2006-02-23
  • ISBN : 9780195180879
  • Pages : 283 pages

Download or read book Labor Movement written by Harald Bauder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aiming to unravel the web of regulatory labor market processes related to international migration, this book illustrates how social distinction, cultural judgement, and citizenship subordinate international and foreign workers. It presents case studies in Europe and North America.

Book SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

Download or read book SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY written by CHAUDHURI, SAMHITA and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains various social and cultural aspects of human distribution over the earth. In contemporary era, the role of social and cultural factors is immense in shaping human behaviour in every human civilization. During the last fifty years, social and cultural geography opens up new and diverse dimensions in front of researchers for the whole discipline of Geography. Linked with the modernization of cultures, community identity is taking a new shape among our young generation and the development of critical and phenomenological approaches has strengthened these two subfields since the last fifty years. Pointing out its origin and development, this book revolves around the contemporary features of social and cultural elements of any human civilization on the earth. Special aspects like Social processes, Social problems, Globalization and Cultural dimensions of development, technology and cultural change, institutionalization of communities, cultural plurality—all are elaborately discussed. Concepts of transnationalism, cyberculture, impact of new technology and virtual mode of communication are also discussed in depth mentioning their impact on our social structure. Role of social mobility on the creation of a specific regional identity and the concepts of hybrid culture and socio-cultural transformation are also explained in detail. Thus, the book helps in understanding the present social and cultural elements of human civilization and will be of immense value to the students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Geography. TARGET AUDIENCE • B.A./B.Sc. Geography • M.A./M.Sc. Geography