How Long to Read A Papuan Plutocracy

How Long Does it Take to Read A Papuan Plutocracy?

It takes the average reader 7 hours to read A Papuan Plutocracy by John Liep

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book of classic scope is a monograph on a Melanesian society, an exploration of ranked exchange and a bold critique of anthropological exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossel Island east of New Guinea. At centre stage is the famous 'Rossel Island money', a hierarchy of more than twenty classes of sea shells displayed in payment rituals such as bridewealth and pig feasts. High-ranking shells are monopolized by big men who control exchange and dominate social life on the island. Theories of reciprocity and gift exchange with their built-in utopian assumption of social equality, Liep finds, cannot account for a system of ranked exchange. Instead, exchange is unequal and money an instrument of distinction and power. Liep argues that ranked exchange has remained undiscovered as a general phenomenon. Still found in some Pacific societies it was formerly widespread in Oceania and beyond. The book will be essential to students of indigenous currencies and exchange theory and of interest to economic anthropologists and Oceanists.

How long is A Papuan Plutocracy?

A Papuan Plutocracy by John Liep is 414 pages long, and a total of 105,156 words.

This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Papuan Plutocracy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 34 minutes to read A Papuan Plutocracy aloud.

What Reading Level is A Papuan Plutocracy?

A Papuan Plutocracy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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