The German Way: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs in the German-Speaking WorldFor All Students Ideal for a variety of courses, this completely up-to-date, alphabetically organized handbook helps students understand how people from German-speaking nations think, do business, and act in their daily lives. |
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Page 34
... regional diversity . The area we now call Austria , Germany , and Switzerland was once a bewildering quiltwork of sepa- rate kingdoms , principalities , and duchies . So too , the German lan- guage ; even today it remains a hodgepodge ...
... regional diversity . The area we now call Austria , Germany , and Switzerland was once a bewildering quiltwork of sepa- rate kingdoms , principalities , and duchies . So too , the German lan- guage ; even today it remains a hodgepodge ...
Page 110
... regional identity goes back more than a thousand years to a time when the Germanic tribes - Alamanni ( Swabians ) , Franks , Frisians , Bavarians , Saxons , Thuringians - were scattered across the area of Europe now known as Austria ...
... regional identity goes back more than a thousand years to a time when the Germanic tribes - Alamanni ( Swabians ) , Franks , Frisians , Bavarians , Saxons , Thuringians - were scattered across the area of Europe now known as Austria ...
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... regional and na- tional concerns . Known today as a neutral , peaceful nation , Switzer- land's past was anything but tranquil . Today's prosperous , tolerant , industrious Switzerland , partly due to the Alpine land's rugged geog ...
... regional and na- tional concerns . Known today as a neutral , peaceful nation , Switzer- land's past was anything but tranquil . Today's prosperous , tolerant , industrious Switzerland , partly due to the Alpine land's rugged geog ...
Contents
Abbreviations and acronyms | 1 |
Advertising and marketing | 4 |
American influences | 5 |
Copyright | |
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