Cultural Portraits, 2nd ed. (1st ed., 2008, by Dr. Palls, published by AuthorHouse).
Subtitle: A Synoptic Guide
Publisher: B&B Educational Consultants, Inc
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Clearwater, Florida, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paper
Number of pages: 351
Description: An augmented edition, w/eight additional countries from the 1st ed. and a revamped presentation of each country's educational system.
Table of contents: title: AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA , ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA,; title: BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, DR, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CUBA, ZECH REPUBLIC, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA,; title: FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN,; title: IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, LAOS, LEBANON, LIBYA, MEXICO, MYANMAR (BURMA), NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SYRIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM.; title: PRIMARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION; TRANSCRIPT VOCABULAR; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION;; title: GLOSSARY; APPENDICES (ABBREVIATIONS, A SYNOPTIC GLANCE AT WORLDCULTURES, ALPHABETS OF THE WORLD, WORLD LITERACY, RANKING THE WORLDS’S UNIVERSITIES, SHANGHAI RANKING, POVERTY AND EDUCATION, DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME, DIETS AROUND THE WORLD, GENDER GAP MAP, 1, THE NUMBERS 1 – 100, 1, NUMERIC WORDS AND SYMBOLS, GOOD LUCK AND BAD LUCK NUMBERS, UNDERSTANDING ARABIC NAMES, TIME ZONE MAP OF THE WORLD, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, REFERENCES, ABOUT THE AUTHOR.