The chrysanthemum and the sword

patterns of Japanese culture

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Ruth Benedict: The chrysanthemum and the sword (1946, Houghton Mifflin Co.)

324 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 1946 by Houghton Mifflin Co..

OCLC Number:
412839

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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.

15 editions

Subjects

  • Social life and customs
  • Japanners
  • Volkskarakter
  • Civilización
  • Mœurs et coutumes
  • Civilization
  • Cultuur
  • Japonais
  • Civilisation

Places

  • Japan
  • Japon
  • Japón