American Ways - A Guide for Foreigners in the United States

American Ways - A Guide for Foreigners in the United States

In American Ways, Gary Althen succeeds in making American culture understandable to both foreigners and new Americans who are not familiar with their new culture. While cautioning his readers that his views should not be regarded as foregone conclusions about all Americans, Althen nevertheless provides an outline of the general trends of behaviour of white,middle-class Americans, and follows this with excellent explanations as to why these Americans tend to behave as they do. Althen is quick to acknowledge that all Americans are not white and middle-class, but points out that since that category [has] held the large majority of the countrys most influential positions (p. xiii) for some time now, it is they who have forged the main ideals of present-day American society. This book addresses and explains those ideals.

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