The chrysanthemum and the sword

patterns of Japanese culture

324 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 1989 by Houghton Mifflin.

ISBN:
978-0-395-50075-0
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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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Subjects

  • National characteristics, Japanese
  • Japan -- Civilization