How Long to Read The Americans (Annotated)

How Long Does it Take to Read The Americans (Annotated)?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 45 minutes to read The Americans (Annotated) by Hugo Münsterberg

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This is an annotated version of the book1. contains an updated biography of the author at the end of the book for a better understanding of the text.2. This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errorsIn the Preface to my "American Traits," in which I defended Germanideals and criticised some American tendencies, I said, some years ago:"It has been often questioned whether I am right in fighting merelyagainst American shortcomings from a German point of view, and in tryingto destroy prejudices on this side of the water; whether it is not, in astill higher degree, my duty to attempt the same for the other side;--forGerman prejudices concerning the United States are certainly not lesssevere, and the points in which Germany might learn from Americanculture not less numerous. The question is fair, and I shall soon putbefore the German public a book on American life--a book which deals in adetailed way with the political, economic, intellectual, and socialaspects of American culture. Its purpose is to interpret systematicallythe democratic ideals of America."Here is the book; it fulfils the promise, and it might appear that nofurther explanation is needed. And yet, in sending a book into theworld, I have never felt more strongly the need of prefatoryexcuses--excuses not for writing the book, but for agreeing to itstranslation into English.To outline American life for readers beyond the sea is one thing; toappear before an American audience and to tell them solemnly that thereis a Republican and a Democratic party, and that there are troublesbetween capital and labour, is quite another thing. To inform my Germancountrymen about America may be to fill a long-felt want; but, as aGerman, to inform the Americans on matters which they knew before theywere born seems, indeed, worse than superfluous.When I was urged, on so many sides, to bring my "Americans" before theAmericans, it was, therefore, clear to me from the outset that I oughtnot to do it myself under any circumstances. If I had translated thebook myself, it would have become simply an English book, written inEnglish by the author; and yet its only possible right to existence mustlie in its reflected character, in its having been written for others,in its coming back to the New World from the Old. My friend, Dr. Holt,who has been for years my assistant in the Harvard PsychologicalLaboratory, has assisted, therefore, in this social psychologicalexperiment, and translated the book from the German edition.I have been still more influenced by another consideration. If the bookwere chiefly a record of facts, it would be folly for a foreigner topresent it to the citizens; but the aim of the book is a quite differentone. To make a real scientific study of the facts, I should have feltutterly incompetent; indeed, it may be doubted whether any one couldhope to master the material of the various fields: a division of labourwould then become necessary. The historian, the politician, theeconomist, the jurist, the engineer, and many others would have toco-operate in a scholarly investigation of American events; and I haveno right to any of these titles. I am merely a psychologist, and havenot set out to discover new material. The only aim of the book is tostudy the American man and his inner tendencies; and, perhaps, a truername for my book would have been "The Philosophy of Americanism." Forsuch a task the outsider may be, after all, not quite unsuited, sincethe characteristic forces make themselves more easily felt by him thanby those who have breathed the atmosphere from their childhood. I am,therefore, anxious to insist that the accent of the book lies on thefour chapters, "Spirit of Self-Direction", "Spirit of Self-Realization,""Spirit of Self-Perfection," and "Spirit of Self-Assertion"; while thosechapters on the economic and political problems

How long is The Americans (Annotated)?

The Americans (Annotated) by Hugo Münsterberg is 396 pages long, and a total of 101,376 words.

This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 124% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Americans (Annotated) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 13 minutes to read The Americans (Annotated) aloud.

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