How Long to Read Gifts and Nations

How Long Does it Take to Read Gifts and Nations?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 39 minutes to read Gifts and Nations by Wilton S. Dillon

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

Description

What can men in industrial nations learn from their "primitive" contemporaries, and the habits of earlier civilizations? This book by acclaimed cultural anthropologist Wilton S. Dillon suggests that modern political, religious, and scientific communities--and alliances--would be enhanced greatly if we understood how gift exchange and reciprocity helped to balance earlier institutions and societies.Using the example of the gift behavior of France and the United States during the Marshall Plan period, Gifts and Nations examines the troubles that arise between donors and recipients when a generous donor remains innocent of the recipient's desire to give back things or ideas to which both attach value. Such innocence may produce what the author calls "the Gaullist effect"--a quest for self-esteem, autonomy, and initiative by a person, or a nation, who feels burdened and controlled by undischarged obligations.Gifts and Nations is very much an historical footnote to the rise of PaxAmericana--the American empire having been launched in 1898, enlarged in the aftermath of World War II and the Cold War, and now the subject of global debate. This volume emphasizes that building coalitions and keeping alliances strong require multi-lateralism based on reciprocity.

How long is Gifts and Nations?

Gifts and Nations by Wilton S. Dillon is 215 pages long, and a total of 54,825 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gifts and Nations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Gifts and Nations aloud.

What Reading Level is Gifts and Nations?

Gifts and Nations is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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