national characteristics, american

Describes etiquette and customs in the United States, covering a wide range of information on topics including dining, socializing, and doing business. Provides a cultural quiz, do's and don'ts list, and annotated resource list.

A collection of twenty articles that promote cross-cultural awareness through an exploration of some of the major events of the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico, Spanish-speaking communities of the U.S., the Caribbean, Spain, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina.

Shadow sets out on a journey across America fighting old myths and the gods of modern technology and material obsession when he takes employment with a man named Wednesday--otherwise known as the god Odin--after his release from prison and his wife's sudden death.

Presents over one hundred poems, composed between the late seventeenth and the twenty-first century, that commemorate the landscapes, institutions, and transforming events of America.

Presents a history of American ideals of liberty and freedom from the colonial period through the twenty-first century and examines how those ideals have evolved over two hundred plus years.

Examines some of the creeds, oaths, and mottos that have historically guided the lives of Americans, including the Golden Rule, Pledge of Allegiance, and Hippocratic Oath, and includes the texts of a wide variety of institutional expressions.

Explores the changes in American identity between the time of national independence and unity to sectional division, with discussion of how unique growth patterns emerged and influenced American institutions.