Customs Traditions category: 898 books

Culture Briefing: Germany provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the German way of life. Whether visiting Germany, working on a class paper or doing business with the Germans, you'll find Culture Briefing: Germany an invaluable resource....

Culture Briefing: Hungary provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the Hungarian way of life. Whether visiting Hungary, working on a class paper or doing business with the Hungarians, you'll find Culture Briefing: Hungary an invaluable...

Culture Briefing: Spain provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the Spanish way of life. Whether visiting Spain, working on a class paper or doing business with the Spanish, you'll find Culture Briefing: Spain an invaluable resource....

A fascinating look at old English customs and traditions established in the Middle Ages. Looks at every area of life and government: ecclesiastical, academic, judicial, urban, rural and domestic.

Updated and Revised Edition 2016 Christmas is a very special holiday not only in Germany but all over the world. It’s such a special time of year and the magic atmosphere of December and the holiday season gets to everyone. This book will take you on a journey through many German Christmas...

Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga,...

Explore the fascinating culture of Ethiopia, a highly diverse nation built on the foundations of ancient kingdoms—truly a melting pot of traditions from Africa as well as other continents. With increasing freedom of speech and growing access to technology, Ethiopians are better able—and more eager—than...

Bordered by the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley forms a natural corridor to the western parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Early American settlers followed the valley as one of the first routes westward. In Shenandoah Valley Folklife, Scott Hamilton...

Pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen’s prayers and sailors’ rituals – the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, customs, and superstitions. In The Fabled Coast, renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer...

Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century is a delightful account of the Japanese of Tokugawa Japan. This unique handbook of Japanese manners, customs, history, and singular happenings was published in New York in 1841. Based on the firsthand observations of Dr. Philipp...

Culture Smart! Uzbekistan will take you beyond the standard descriptions of minarets, kebabs with vodka, embroidered skullcaps, and Soviet-style bureaucracy. It will make you aware of the value systems, attitudes, and behaviors of the different cultural groups in the country, and offer an insider's...

A treasury of photos and stories celebrating this historic landmark and Detroit’s Italian-American community.   The traditions of the Sicilians and Italians have been a part of Detroit since the early 1900s, and Holy Family Church represents the very root of this community’s soul, maintaining...

Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches,...

The Metamorphoses of Ovid are a compendium of the Mythological narratives of ancient Greece and Rome, so ingeniously framed, as to embrace a large amount of information upon almost every subject connected with the learning, traditions, manners, and customs of antiquity, and have afforded a fertile...