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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

by Ruth Benedict

Cover of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Popularity 45

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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