The third series of Culture Smart! guides are digests of essential cultural information, aimed at both tourists and business people. Culture Smart! guides are concise, pocket-sized paperbacks that are filled with information, offering invaluable insights into every aspect of a country's life.

Taiwanese society is in the midst of an immense, exciting effort to define itself, seeking to erect a contemporary identity upon the foundation of a highly distinctive history. This book provides a thorough overview of Taiwanese cultural life.

"Japanese society has been changing rapidly in modern times, yet for most Japanese, cultural traditions retain their importance in daily life. This volume highlights those traditional Japanese elements in modern society, providing an engaging examination of religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs. The book gives students a deeper understanding of Japan beyond popular stereotypes of an Asian economic powerhouse."--BOOK JACKET.

All chocoholics, out of the closet or not, will want to read this book. Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to satisfying your chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting book discusses Chocolate fads - chocolate books, goodies, clubs, festivals, fund-raising, marketing, media, and novelties; Chocolate Folklore - chocolate companies, history, nutrition, moguls, quotes, tips, trivia, and chocolate types; and Chocolate Fantasies - chocoholism, chocolate feasts, chocolate love, chocolate parties, chocolate promotions, and chocolate psychology. At the end of the book is a 200-item Chocoquiz, in the style of Trivial Pursuit, so that you can find out how much you really know about chocolate.

An accessible introduction to the world's fifth largest religion, this work presents Sikhism's meanings and myths, and its practices, rituals, and festivals, also addressing ongoing social issues such as the relationship with the Indian state the diaspora, and caste.

"The pink tourism dollar now represents a highly profitable niche of the tourism market. Gay Tourism: Culture and Context critically investigates the emergence of a commercial gay tourism industry for male clients, the way it is organized, and how the tourism industry promotes cities, resorts, and nations as 'gay' destinations. This careful examination critically questions the social, political, and cultural implications regarding relationships between gay tourism, Western gay male culture, the erotic, sexual politics, and sexual diversity."--BOOK JACKET.

The 1960s was not just an era of civil rights, anti-war protest women's liberation and rock festivals. This text examines the generation that came into political consciousness during the 1960s, telling the story of the New Right and New Left.