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Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Creator:: Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
Abstract:: This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Americans. She attempts to use historical stories as a mirror to reflect and explain today's Chinese

Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

Creator:: Lee, Pei-Yao
Abstract:: Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: nature-based tourism and ethnic tourism, and later expansion into mass tourism, Shan-Mei's ecotourism

The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

Creator:: Chiang, Hung-i and Jiang, Hongyi
Abstract:: The Va nationality, despite its small population compared to other nationalities in China, has preserved most of its traditions largely due to limits placed by historical circumstances and geographical isolation. To non-Chinese anthropologists, the Va people still remain unknown, as there is little or no information about them in English...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: most of its traditions largely due to limits placed by historical circumstances and geographical

Toxic politics at 64N, 171W : addressing military contaminants on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Creator:: Henifin, Kai A.
Abstract:: St. Lawrence Island, Alaska is home to two Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) under remediation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1985. After more than two decades the local residents continue to be concerned about inadequate site characterization and cleanup. During the summer of 2005, I collected ethnographic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the remediation efforts by federal agencies. The historical context of the DOD occupation, site

Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

Creator:: Ocana, Juan Carlos
Abstract:: This thesis presents a discussion of the main materialistic theories proposed to explain the process of development among the indigenous population of Latin America. Four theoretical approaches are presented and discussed. The first one deals with the social group referred to as peasants. The second one explains the process of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agroecological orientation of the agroforestry project, in the context of the historical and current

Slippery paths : connections and divergences between historic preservation and tourism in Micronesia

Creator:: Krause, Elizabeth L.
Abstract:: Micronesians are in the process of becoming independent nation-states after nearly a century of colonial rule, including four decades of U.S. administration as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Pressures to attain self-sufficiency have led many of these island nations to embrace tourism as an economic development strategy. Meanwhile,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: cultural and historic resources. A theoretical and historical framework is provided through literature

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

Creator:: Olufson, Loreen C.
Abstract:: Ethnocentrism is a term for an attitude which causes individuals to place their culture at the center of the universe as they see it. Other cultures are evaluated in terms of the culture of the individual and are often valued less. Ethnocentrism and the behaviors associated with it have frequently...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: questions about the nature of ethnocentrism, the association of levels of ethnocentrism with particular

Understandings of sustainability and the contributions of non-governmental organizations : a case study of Toledo, Belize

Creator:: Rosien, Jessica
Abstract:: This thesis reviews theoretical and local understandings of sustainability and examines the contributions which the NGO, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), makes to achieving sustainability in the district of Toledo in Belize, Central America. The study focuses mainly on the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, which TIDE manages...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: between government and non-governmental organizations (Barry 1995). In 1987, the Association of National

Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

Creator:: Guerron-Montero, Carla Maria
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: outcome of two development projects funded by national and international organizations in the rural

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

Creator:: Brown, Nicole A.
Abstract:: This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Woodlands Association NWFP Northwest Forest Plan (1994) ESA Endangered Species Act (1973) OFPA Oregon

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Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

Toxic politics at 64N, 171W : addressing military contaminants on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

Slippery paths : connections and divergences between historic preservation and tourism in Micronesia

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

Understandings of sustainability and the contributions of non-governmental organizations : a case study of Toledo, Belize

Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

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