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A book concerning the Japanese identity in which the author theorizes that the national mentality is a dichotomy between the "equestrian" and the "peasant". He draws on Japanese and European classical literature, on the history of warfare and on studies of law and business management.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Prologue
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The Dynamics of Envy
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The Japanese—An Agrarian People seen from the point of view of History
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The Age of the Japanese Idea
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Book Title: The Peasant Soul of Japan
Authors: Shoichi Watanabe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20242-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Kodansha 1989
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-44353-8Published: 02 October 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20242-3Published: 02 October 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 197
Topics: Cultural Studies, Ethnicity Studies