An edition of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946)

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An edition of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (1946)

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

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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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Publisher
Mariner Books
Language
English
Pages
324

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Japanese National characteristics, Japanners, Volkskarakter, Civilización, Mœurs et coutumes, Cultuur, Japonais, CivilisationColumbia Anthropolist, Civilization, Moeurs et coutumes, Japanese, Social Environment, Manners and customs, Civilisation, Cultural Anthropology, National characteristics, japanese, Japan, civilization, Japan, social life and customs, Japan, ethnic relations, Japan, history
Places
Japan, Japon, Japón
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Japanese culture

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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
January 25, 2006, Mariner Books
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The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture
1989, Houghton Mifflin
in English
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
March 1, 1974, Plume
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The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture.
1967, Meridian Books
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Cover of: The chrysanthemum and the sword
The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture
1946, Houghton Mifflin Co.
in English
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Cover of: The chrysanthemum and the sword
The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture
1946, Houghton Mifflin company
in English

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First Sentence

"THE JAPANESE were the most alien enemy the United States had ever fought in an all-out struggle."

Classifications

Library of Congress
DS821.B46 2005, DS821 .B46 2005

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7605996M
Internet Archive
chrysanthemumswo00ruth_0
ISBN 10
0618619593
ISBN 13
9780618619597
LCCN
2006271282
Library Thing
97955
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123846

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