How Long to Read Conscript Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscript Nation?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 9 minutes to read Conscript Nation by Elizabeth Shesko

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

Description

Military service in Bolivia has long been compulsory for young men. This service plays an important role in defining identity, citizenship, masculinity, state formation, and civil-military relations in twentieth-century Bolivia. The project of obligatory military service originated as part of an attempt to restrict the power of indigenous communities after the 1899 civil war. During the following century, administrations (from oligarchic to revolutionary) expressed faith in the power of the barracks to assimilate, shape, and educate the population. Drawing on a body of internal military records never before used by scholars, Elizabeth Shesko argues that conscription evolved into a pact between the state and society. It not only was imposed from above but was also embraced from below because it provided a space for Bolivians across divides of education, ethnicity, and social class to negotiate their relationships with each other and with the state. Shesko contends that state formation built around military service has been characterized in Bolivia by multiple layers of negotiation and accommodation. The resulting nation-state was and is still hierarchical and divided by profound differences, but it never was simply an assimilatory project. It instead reflected a dialectical process to define the state and its relationships.

How long is Conscript Nation?

Conscript Nation by Elizabeth Shesko is 245 pages long, and a total of 62,475 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscript Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Conscript Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is Conscript Nation?

Conscript Nation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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