This book is a well-written account of theories, guesses, untested assumptions, and findings relevant to the problem of how persons react in encounters with unfamiliar cultures and environs. Furnham (University College, London) and Bochner (University of New South Wales, Sydney) champion a view of intercultural adaptation based on the learning of culturally appropriate ``social skills,'' but are evenhanded in their descriptions of other theories and training techniques. They provide useful summaries of the literature on different sorts of traveler, hence they can discuss culture shock and its determinants in relation to the different experiences of refugees, international exchange students, tourists, and so forth. Although the authors only reach guarded conclusions, they bring out implications of existing research so clearly that their work should be a standard reference for many years. Recommended for all academic readers.-J. Kirkpatrick, Nomos Institute