International business executive and cultural analyst Ned Crouch discussed his new book, “Mexicans and Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code” on Feb. 14, 2005.

Crouch believes that “how Mexicans and Americans live and work together will be the big cultural story in North America in the 21st century. Crouch offers advice on how to cross the cultural divide that separates their views of hierarchy, authority, class and gender.

Raised in a U.S. diplomatic family in Colombia, France, Spain and Mexico, Crouch speaks five languages and has spent a lifetime examining the patterns and dynamics of cultural differences.

Part of the Center for the Book’s “Books & Beyond author series, this presentation was co-sponsored by the Hispanic Division and the Office of Workforce Diversity at the Library of Congress. For information about the Center For the Book and its activities and those of its affiliates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, visit its Web site at