Malaysia - Culture Smart! by Victor King

Malaysia - Culture Smart! by Victor King

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience.

Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers..' Sunday Times Travel, ' the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries.' Global Travel, ' full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas.' Observer, ' as useful as they are entertaining.' Easy Jet Magazine, ' offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world.' New York Times

Victor T. King is Emeritus Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds; Professorial Research Associate in the Centre of South East Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Adjunct Professor at the Research Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has a wide interest in the anthropology and sociology of Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, and has conducted research there from the early 1970s as well as in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. His recent academic books include five co-edited volumes: The Historical Construction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond (with Park Seung Woo, 2013), Rethinking Asian Tourism: Culture, Encounters and Local Response (2014) and Tourism and Monarchy in Southeast Asia (2016), both with Ploysri Porananond; Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia (2016, with Paul Carnegie and Zawawi Ibrahim), and Borneo Studies in History, Society and Culture (2017, with Zawawi Ibrahim and Noor Hasharina Hassan). His recent single-authored edited volume is entitled UNESCO in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective (2016). He continues his interest in scholarly-directed work on tourism in Southeast Asia. He has been an occasional lecturer on Swann Hellenic and Saga cruises since the mid-1990s, though he has since turned his attention to studying UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia on-land and not from the sea, and their importance in attracting tourism to the region. His more popular publications include Culture Smart! Malaysia (2008) and the translation of his The Best of Borneo Travel (in four editions from 1992) into Kalimantan Tempo Doeloe which was published in Indonesia in 2013

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ISBN 13	9781857334579
ISBN 10	1857334574
Title	Malaysia - Culture Smart!
Author	Victor King
Series	Culture Smart!
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kuperard
Year published	2008-01-24
Number of pages	168
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