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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

by Ruth Benedict

1946 324 pages eng

National characteristics, Japanese Japan, civilization Japanese National characteristics Japan, social life and customs Civilización Social Environment Cultural Anthropology Japan, history Japanese Cultuur Japan Moeurs et coutumes Mœurs et coutumes Civilisation Manners and customs Civilization Social life and customs

Anthropologist Ruth Benedict prepared this study of Japanese culture towards the end of World War II to explain Japan to Americans. It's become a classic. Published in 1946.

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