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Book Review: Applied Evolutionary Psychology at its Best

Book Review: Applied Evolutionary Psychology at its Best Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2010. 8(1): 1-4 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review Applied Evolutionary Psychology at its Best A review of Amy Alkon, I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society. McGraw-Hill: New York, 2010, 224 pp., US$16.95, ISBN 978-0-07-160021-7 (paperback). Satoshi Kanazawa, Managerial Economics and Strategy Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom. Email: S.Kanazawa@lse.ac.uk. If you are reading this, chances are you know Amy Alkon. If you are a regular reader of Evolutionary Psychology, then you are probably a regular attendee of the annual meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) as well. Think of all the people you saw and met during the last HBES conference you attended. The first person you think of, with the bright flowing red hair, is Amy Alkon. Alkon is an award-winning nationally syndicated advice columnist and long-time blogger, with her popular blog Advice Goddess (http://www.advicegoddess.com). She is also extremely knowledgeable about the latest research in evolutionary psychology and related fields, and regularly attends HBES and other scientific conferences. I See Rude People is a seamless mixture of two types of stories. On the one hand, the book http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evolutionary Psychology SAGE

Book Review: Applied Evolutionary Psychology at its Best

Kanazawa, Satoshi
Evolutionary Psychology , Volume 8 (1): 4 – Jan 1, 2010
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Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2010. 8(1): 1-4 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review Applied Evolutionary Psychology at its Best A review of Amy Alkon, I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners into Impolite Society. McGraw-Hill: New York, 2010, 224 pp., US$16.95, ISBN 978-0-07-160021-7 (paperback). Satoshi Kanazawa, Managerial Economics and Strategy Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom. Email: S.Kanazawa@lse.ac.uk. If you are reading this, chances are you know Amy Alkon. If you are a regular reader of Evolutionary Psychology, then you are probably a regular attendee of the annual meetings of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) as well. Think of all the people you saw and met during the last HBES conference you attended. The first person you think of, with the bright flowing red hair, is Amy Alkon. Alkon is an award-winning nationally syndicated advice columnist and long-time blogger, with her popular blog Advice Goddess (http://www.advicegoddess.com). She is also extremely knowledgeable about the latest research in evolutionary psychology and related fields, and regularly attends HBES and other scientific conferences. I See Rude People is a seamless mixture of two types of stories. On the one hand, the book

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