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Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan.

The World War II-era study by the cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict paints an illuminating contrast between... Read Full Overview

2019 Reprint of the 1946 Edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Noted American anthropologist Ruth Benedict wrote this book at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese in World War II by reference... Read Full Overview

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is the highly-influential, timeless work behind much of our past and present understanding of Japanese culture. "Why is it seemingly so self-contradictory" and "How and why does Japanese culture differ from our own" are just some of the... Read Full Overview

One of the best books ever about Japanese society . . . [A] thoughtful, nuanced study of the Japanese character. --U.S. News & World Report Essential for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. The... Read Full Overview

&"Sophisticated, charming, often nostalgic, and so artfully written that half the time you don&'t know that you are reading on of the best writers around.&"? ?-- The Boston Globe ? In her final collection, Alice Adams ranges from San Francisco to a North Carolina college town,... Read Full Overview