Cultureshock! (Record no. 75841)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780761454816 (pbk.)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (AEA)8B65B73FBD024B7CBB3CD93FC1F5331E
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DD 290.26
Item number .L884 2008
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lord, Richard.
9 (RLIN) 108890
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cultureshock!
Remainder of title a survival guide to customs and etiquette /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Richard Lord.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Singapore :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia),
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 318, [16] p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. (some col.), maps
Dimensions 21 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-312) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Features the uniqueness of Germany beginning from reunification of the East and West Germany. Facilitates in discovering the significance of a "makler" in locating the right accomodation. Acquaints the importance of a health insurance and experience a short German work week that comes complete with an annual 30 days of holiday. Serves as an aid in understanding what it is to be an "Auslander" and learn practical information on how to fit in and settle into a country that is recovering from the scars of World War II and the separation of east and west. Distinct manners are seen on the following practices/customs: 1) The private selves and the public selves manifested in the use of "sie" for formal behavior and "du" for casual transaction. 2) The home is considered as great sanctuary where Germans shed off their public images and allow their real images to be seen, yet homes are governed by rules so as to be practiced even by those who are considered outsiders. 3) Due to the strict adherence of the Germans in keeping protocols which are for them necessary, a visitor must remember to be orderly in outward display of behavior so as not to diregard silence among neighborhood. 4)Cleanliness is a character followed strictly as it is referred as next ot the law. 5)Shows that the Germans are highly liberated regarding on nudism, sex patronage and in the use of prohibited drugs.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Culture shock
Geographic subdivision Germany.
9 (RLIN) 108891
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Etiquette
Geographic subdivision Germany.
9 (RLIN) 891
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        Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference 04/06/2011 REF-003275   DD 290.26 .L884 2008 3AEA0000314810 11/04/2021 11/04/2021 Reference