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Full Chapter Outline:
Etiquette and Behavior
---Formal and Informal Events
---Bringing Gifts
---Bringing Refreshments
---Card and Game Parties
---Entertaining Outside
---Celebrations
---Showers and Weddings
---Don't Overstay Your Welcome
---When You Entertain
---Table Manners
---Making Conversation
---Accepting Compliments
---In the American Home
---Smoking
---Littering
---Cellular Telephones

Reading Groups

Interpersonal Relationships
---Dating
---Getting Serious
---Sexually Transmitted Diseases
---Marriage
---Weddings
---Divorce

Grooming and Personal Hygiene
---Shaving: Men
---Shaving: Women
---Hair Care
---Tooth and Mouth Care
---Fragrances and Perfumes

Clothing

Spectator Sports
---Baseball
---Football
---Basketball
---Hockey
---Auto Racing
---Golf
---Tennis
---Rodeo

Tailgating Parties

Cheerleading

Health and Fitness
---Fitness and Exercise
---Yoga
---Pilates

Outdoor Activities
---Boating
---Salt Water Fishing

Food, Diet and Nutrition

Alcohol and Attitudes

Personal Safety and Crime
---Crimes Against Women
---Rape
---Pickpockets
---Street Crime
---Self Defense
---Confidence Games
---Professional Beggars
---Drugs
---Prostitution
---If You Are Accused

Poker: An American Tradition

Gambling

Greetings. Americans shake hands firmly with each other when first introduced, or when they meet again, but rarely when they part (a more European custom). Social kissing, as a greeting, is also sometimes acceptable between men and women who know each other well and between women. American men rarely embrace each other or kiss on both cheeks.

Distance and Eye Contact. When two Americans are standing and talking to each other they stay at least 16 inches away from each other, yet they do make eye contact.

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