The girl at the baggage claim

explaining the East-West culture gap

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310 pages

English language

Published Feb. 4, 2017 by Knopf, Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-1-101-94782-1
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OCLC Number:
951753755

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3 stars (2 reviews)

"A personal, provocative, informative, and entertaining study of the different idea Asians and Westerners have of the self and how this plays out in our differing approaches to art, learning, politics, business, and almost everything else"--

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3 stars

Sloppy arguments, especially the parts about American history, and I didn't like her writing style (that is admittedly subjective).

But I'm still glad I read it because there were so many interesting ideas; and she was able to explain elements of deep culture, which are so foundational that they are nearly impossible to see when you live in the culture.

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Subjects

  • East and West
  • Culture
  • International economic relations
  • International relations
  • Social psychology
  • Culture conflict