Etiquette and taboos around the world : a geographic encyclopedia of social and cultural customs

Taylor, Ken, 1953- (editor.). Williams, Victoria, (editor.).

Summary: This book includes topics such as greeting and meeting, appearance and dress, table manners, body language, social situations and hospitality, verbal communications, business etiquette, religious etiquette, gift-giving, and even etiquette regarding social media.

Record details

ISBN: 1440838216
ISBN: 9781440838217
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 373 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	African American -- Algeria -- Arabian Peninsula -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Australia -- Balkan Peninsula, Western -- Bangladesh -- Basque -- Bedouin -- Belgium -- Berbers -- Bolivia -- Brazil -- Bulgaria -- Canada -- The Caribbean -- Central Africa -- Central America -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Cuba -- East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- France -- The Fulani -- Germany, Austria, and Germa-Speaking Switzerland -- Great Britain -- Greece -- Gujarat -- Hmong -- Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia) -- Hui -- Hungary -- Hutu and Tutsi -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran and Central Asia -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Karens -- Khmer -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Maori -- Masai -- Mexico -- Mongolia -- Morocco -- Myanmar -- Native Americans, Plains Indians -- Native Americans, Southwest -- The Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Nigeria -- Pacific Islanders -- Pakistan -- Palestine -- Papua New Guinea -- Pashtuns -- Peru -- The Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Punjab -- Quechua -- Roma -- Russia -- Scandinavia -- Singapore -- South Korea -- Southern Africa -- Spain -- Spanish-Speaking Caribbean : Puerto rico and the Dominican Republic -- Tajikistan -- Tamils -- Thailand -- Tibet -- Tuareg -- Turkey -- Ukraine -- Uyghurs -- Uzbekistan -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Western Africa -- Zhuang -- Zulu and Xhosa -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the editors and contributors.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2017).