How Long to Read Blood and Debt

How Long Does it Take to Read Blood and Debt?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Blood and Debt by Miguel Angel Centeno

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

Description

What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, Blood and Debt looks at Latin America's much different experience as more relevant to politics today in regions as varied as the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa. The book's illuminating review of the relatively peaceful history of Latin America from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries reveals the lack of two critical prerequisites needed for war: a political and military culture oriented toward international violence, and the state institutional capacity to carry it out. Using innovative new data such as tax receipts, naming of streets and public monuments, and conscription records, the author carefully examines how war affected the fiscal development of the state, the creation of national identity, and claims to citizenship. Rather than building nation-states and fostering democratic citizenship, he shows, war in Latin America destroyed institutions, confirmed internal divisions, and killed many without purpose or glory.

How long is Blood and Debt?

Blood and Debt by Miguel Angel Centeno is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Blood and Debt Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read Blood and Debt aloud.

What Reading Level is Blood and Debt?

Blood and Debt 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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