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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture

Authors:
Ruth Benedict (author), Ian Buruma (foreword) and Christopher Moisan (covers)
Language:
English
Original language:
English
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Categories:
Anthropology and history
Publication year:
2005
Original publication year:
1946
ISBN:
978-0-618-61959-7
Pages:
324
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Table of Contents:
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  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  1. Assignment: Japan
  2. The Japanese in the War
  3. Taking One's Proper Station
  4. The Meiji Reform
  5. Debtor to the Ages and the World
  6. Repaying One-Ten-Thousandth
  7. The Repayment 'Hardest to Bear'
  8. Clearing One's Name
  9. The Circle of Human Feelings
  10. The Dilemma of Virtue
  11. Self-Discipline
  12. The Child Learns
  13. The Japanese Since VJ-Day
  • Glossary
  • Index

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