Cultureshock Morocco (Cultureshock Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) [Paperback]

Orin Hargraves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2009 | Series: Cultureshock Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette

A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Morocco

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About the Author

Orin Hargraves is a Marshall Cavendish author.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation; 5 edition (December 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761456694
• ISBN-13: 978-0761456698
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Travel > Africa > Morocco

More About the Author

Orin Hargraves was born in Denver and grew up in Creede, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Chicago (BA with Honors) in 1977. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the 1980s. He is the author of three guidebooks in the Culture Shock! series: Morocco, London, and Chicago. He began his career in lexicography while living in London in the early 1990s. He has since written numerous articles and books about language, as well as contributing to dozens of dictionaries from publishers internationally. At present he lives in rural Maryland. He is vice president and president-elect of the Dictionary Society of North America, and also edits the book reviews for its journal. He writes the monthly "Language Lounge" column for VisualThesaurus.com.

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Morocco: "Knock for Something Completely Different", August 17, 2007

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Dwight R. Wilcox - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cultureshock! Morocco (Cultureshock Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)

This book provides a detailed description of modern Moroccan culture for those from Western backgrounds trying to make sense of Moroccan values, behavior, and daily life. The content is explained well and easy to read, although the type face is rather small.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short, sweet and insightful, February 19, 2009

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Guillermo Gutierrez "G" (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cultureshock! Morocco (Cultureshock Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)

I enjoyed every page of this book. From the very complete but to the point review of Morocco's history and cultural foundations to the sectoion on language and helpful words and phrases.

I read the book in my first 10 days in Morocco and I felt I understood much more was I was seeing, hearing and experiencing.

This was my first experience with Culture Shock books and I am definitely interested in reading the volumes on other countries!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American Expats Living in Morocco, December 24, 2009

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Robert J. Tonos (Chicago and Rabat, Morocco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cultureshock Morocco (Cultureshock Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)

My wife and I came to live in Morocco, in Rabat, two years ago after I retired from the practice of law in Chicago. I recently reread the book. I enjoyed it even more upon rereading it. The authort approaches Morocco with sympathy and understanding. But at the same time, he does a terrific job of explaining the ways in which Moroccans behave differently from people who have come from an Anglo-Saxon culture. Those differences can be very frustrating for us "Anglo-Saxons." His insights into Moroccans' attitudes and customs are excellent. The analysis he gives is very much in accord with our experiences during the last two years.