History shock : when history collides with foreign relations
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Published
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021].
Physical Desc
xv, 248 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
327.2092 DICKSO 2021
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327.2092 DICKSO 2021
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Dickson, John S. -- (John Shields)
Diplomatic and consular service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States. -- Foreign Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Dickson, John S. -- (John Shields)
Diplomatic and consular service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States. -- Foreign Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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Published
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"As John Dickson learned from his twenty-six-year career as an American diplomat, working in the Foreign Service teaches you as much about your own culture as it does about other cultures. We are accustomed to hearing about "culture shock"--that sense of disorientation and discomfort that comes from living in a place so unlike one's native environment. Dickson discovered something more profound than differences in cuisine and social customs. Over the course of his career, he experienced what he calls history shock: the sense of disorientation and discomfort that comes from seeing the present through a past differently constructed. His foreign counterparts were drawing on a history that he never learned and thus saw present-day events in completely different ways. That historical gap was as wide, if not wider, than any cultural gap, resulting in complex situations that could have been avoided or improved with a shared historical understanding. History Shock is both a memoir of Dickson's time in the Foreign Service and a lesson in historical forgetfulness. In recounting his experiences in places like Mexico, Canada, South Africa, Haiti, and Peru, Dickson helps bridge the historical gap between readers in the United States and residents of other nations who have never forgotten the traumas of the past. History Shock thus serves as a much-needed guide in crosscultural understanding at a time when there is so much misunderstanding"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dickson, J. S. (2021). History shock: when history collides with foreign relations . University Press of Kansas.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickson, John S. 2021. History Shock: When History Collides With Foreign Relations. University Press of Kansas.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickson, John S. History Shock: When History Collides With Foreign Relations University Press of Kansas, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dickson, John S. History Shock: When History Collides With Foreign Relations University Press of Kansas, 2021.
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