Title: Stereotypes are not evidence.
Product review: I don't have too much to say about this book, but I felt compelled to point out some things that have irked me while reading it.While the book is very detailed and full of relevant information the author has included some blatantly stereotypical and offensive examples when talking about differences in culture. An example is on page 132, the last paragraph on the page: The author refers to the "Asian style" of communicating as "more reticent and respectful". He does not even provide data for these generalizations! This reminds me of Orientalist thinking.Furthermore if this is the 8th edition, I would expect not to read that Arabic is an Indo-European language (page 96, 5th paragraph down). It is not. Arabic is a Semitic language like Hebrew and Tigrinya.
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