The chrysanthemum and the sword

The chrysanthemum and the sword

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Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict
1946 • 320 pages

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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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