Culture Shock! Italy: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette)

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure.

Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

Falassi was trained in Cultural Anthropology in Florence, Paris and later at the University of California Berkeley. As professor of Anthropology, he teaches in Italy and the United States. Dr. Falassi has published widely on social history, ritual and festivals, anthropology and folklore.

Flower is a graduate in history and modern languages at Magdalen College, Oxford. He has written over 20 books on a variety of subjects ranging from Egypt, Singapore and Western Australia to motor racing, winter sports and Lloyd's of London. Formerly an international tennis player, racing driver and motor manufacturer, he now divides his time between Italy and Southeast Asia.