This unique volume describes the impact of overseas living on Americans who spent some of their formative years in other countries and returned to the United States during their high school or early college years. Based on a survey and interviews of more than 300 returnees, The Absentee American describes overseas life, reentry into the United States, and the long-term effects of these experiences on repatriated Americans. The author, a freelance writer who grew up in the Foreign Service, explores the feelings and attitudes of repatriates and emphasizes the need for increased intercultural education and training.

The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Carolyn D.

Social Sciences

Aletheia Pubns Inc

Written by one of the nation's most experienced editorial freelancers, this practical handbook is the first to focus exclusively on the business of editorial freelancing. It presents in clear, succinct language everything the freelancer needs to know about building a basic reference library, choosing a computer and appropriate software, marketing editorial services, setting rates, billing, and setting up a retirement plan. In addition, it offers guidelines for equipping the home office, finding clients, and maintaining business records.

Editorial Freelancing: A Practical Guide

Reference

Rogers, Trumbull

Words, Language & Grammar

Since World War II hundreds of thousands of Americans have gone to live abroad, not only to fill the traditional ranks of diplomats, soldiers, and businesspeople but also as teachers, students, writers, artists, musicians, engineers, missionaries, scientists, secretaries, even fashion models and professional basketball players. The Unknown Ambassadors traces the history of efforts to establish and improve the rights of Americans living abroad. It deals with a wide range of issues, including the citizenship rights of children of dual-national couples; Social Security and Medicare benefits for Americans residing or traveling overseas; equitable tax treatment; and voting rights. Also covered are broader matters such as educational opportunities for bicultural children, whom the author describes as "the new international generation."

The Unknown Ambassadors: A Saga of Citizenship

Michaux, Phyllis

Introduction by Pat Conroy 
A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to grow up in the military. Based on five years of research, including in-depth interviews with eighty military brats, Military Brats analyzes the consequences--both positive and negative--of being reared in a family characterized by strict discipline, frequent moves, and dedication to military service.

Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress

Wertsch, Mary Edwards

Anthropology

Since 1970 the number of American companies with operations outside the United States has expanded dramatically. Most multinational corporations make an effort to prepare employees and their families for international assignments, but typically do not do much to prepare them for their eventual return. When they return to the domestic organization, more than half of returning expatriates express frustration and anger over the fact that their unique and powerful new skills are not utilized, and many leave the company that sent them overseas in the first place. Shepard examines each stage of the expatriation and repatriation process in detail, providing practical exercises and resources to help the shrewd corporate manager create a program that recognizes international employees as the valuable assets that they are.

Managing Cross Cultural Transition: A Handbook for Corporations, Employees, and Their Families

Shepard, Steven

These fascinating vignettes show Foreign Service personnel in action, heading off problems with other nations, reconciling differences, negotiating workable agreements, defusing conflicts, and generally steering Americans out of harm's way while at the same time coping with the myriad unexpected yet often deeply fulfilling aspects of overseas living. 
In one vignette, Gene describes his rescue of a wayward young traveler from the clutches of an over-eager police officer who (wrongly) believes he has captured the fugitive Patty Hearst. In another, he recalls the grotesque difficulty of recovering and shipping home the mortal remains of an American sea captain whose life ended in a steamy tropical port with limited refrigeration facilities. Kathryn highlights the challenges of maintaining an American-style home life in a constantly changing, sometimes hostile environment. But her essays point up opportunities as well 
as difficulties: When a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier makes a port call, she takes advantage of the chance to show the children a glorious example of American technology.

Welcome Home: Who Are You? Tales of a Foreign Service Family

Schmiel, Gene

Schmiel, Kathryn

Biographies & Memoirs

From the time Thomas Jefferson declared that America should send ambassadors around the globe, the life of Foreign Service officers has been seen as one of status and glamour. For many veteran officers and spouses, this remains true. But to a whole new generation of spouses life in the Foreign Service can represent an almost total loss of the economic freedom and self- determination they had learned to take for granted. These spouses find themselves swept into an institutionalized role as unpaid adjuncts to their husbands. The phenomenon is not limited to the Foreign Service, as more and more corporate spouses find themselves facing similar dilemmas. As increasing numbers of Americans are sent overseas by their employers, the term "trailing spouse" is becoming more common than ever. The dilemmas are particularly acute for dual-career couples, whether in the Foreign Service, the military, or business. In The Accidental Diplomat: Dilemmas of the Trailing Spouse, Katherine Hughes presents a detailed analysis of the situation of Foreign Service spouses. Based on over forty interviews with Foreign Service wives, as well as interviews with male spouses and tandem couples, the book traces the history of the role of the wife in the U.S. Foreign Service and describes how the lives of Foreign Service wives are constrained and determined by their husbands profession. Hughes concludes that expectations about the wifes role have changed more slowly in the Foreign Service than in American society as a whole. This important book probes the awkward world of women whose identities are shaped by the professional commitments of their husbands to the Foreign Service. Foreign Service wives are often among the best-known symbols of American society in foreign lands, responsible for representing the nation's interests and cultural traditions in settings far from home. They are asked to play this pivotal role without real compensation and in the context of shifting locales that force them to reinvent their lives every two or three years. Katherine Hughes shows us what kind of toll this takes on Foreign Service wives and the artful ways in which they learn to live with their responsibilities.Katherine Newman, Ford Foundation Professor of Urban Studies, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University The excitement of international diplomacy, the reality of actually living in a foreign culture, and the emotions maintaining a family and private life are currents that surge and flow in our diplomatic life. Much is written about the former, little about the latter. Katherine Hughes, through her research and own personal experience in the Foreign Service, goes deeply into the soul describing our changing times, underscoring the enormous importance of the spouse and family in the diplomatic service, and revealing the often deep anguish that its family members feel when the call to public service clashes with the call to family.Edward W. "Skip" Gnehm, Jr.

The Accidental Diplomat: Dilemmas of the Trailing Spouse

Hughes, Katherine L.

For freelance writers seeking to make money as travel journalists, this is the tool they need to put their business in the black. With listings for more than 450 U.S. newspapers (including information on style and submission preferences, length, and pay), this handy volume can help writers avoid the roadblocks that cost time and money.

Newspaper Markets for Travel Writers

Steig, Shelly

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Although creative people may think of their professions as careers, they are really small businesses, and their owners can benefit from understanding the principles of business. This book provides easy-to-understand business basics and suggestions for making the job easier. Topics covered include starting the small business, financial record-keeping, finding capital, contracts and agreements, setting fees, presenting a professional image, and much more.

Small-Business Ownership for Creative People

Business & Money

Lawler, Jennifer

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

This book presents techniques to ensure fair freelance fees. Because it is strategy based, it will never go out of date. It is useful both for freelancers starting out and those who have been in business for years.

What to Charge: Pricing Strategies for Freelancers and Consultants

Lewis, Laurie

Laurie Lewis

Industries

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