How Long to Read The Wintu & Their Neighbors

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wintu & Their Neighbors?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read The Wintu & Their Neighbors by Christopher K. Chase-Dunn

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

Description

On the cutting edge of world-systems theory comes The Wintu and Their Neighbors, the first case study to compare and contrast systematically an indigenous Native American society with the modern world at large. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines sociology, anthropology, political science, geography, and history, Christopher Chase-Dunn and Kelly M. Mann have scoured the archaeological record of the Wintu, an aboriginal people without agriculture, metallurgy, or class structure who lived in the wooded valleys and hills of northern California. By studying the household composition, kinship, and trade relations of the Wintu, they call into question some of the basic assumptions of prior sociological theory and analysis. Chase-Dunn and Mann argue that Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems perspective, originally applied only to the study of modern capitalistic societies, can also be applied to the study of the social, economic, and political relationships in small stateless societies. They contend that, despite the fact that the Wintu appear on the surface to have been a household-based society, this indigenous group was in fact involved in a myriad of networks of interaction, which resulted in intermarriage and which extended for many miles around the region. These networks, which were not based on the economic dominance of one society over anotherÑa concept fundamental to Wallerstein's world-systems theoryÑled to the eventual expansion of the Wintu as a cultural group. Thus, despite the fact that the Wintu did not behave like a modern societyÑlacking wealth accumulation, class distinctions, and cultural dominanceÑChase-Dunn and Mann insist that the Wintu were involved in a world-system and argue, therefore, that the concept of the "minisystem" should be discarded. They urge other scholars to employ this comparative world-systems perspective in their research on stateless societies.

How long is The Wintu & Their Neighbors?

The Wintu & Their Neighbors by Christopher K. Chase-Dunn is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wintu & Their Neighbors Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Wintu & Their Neighbors aloud.

What Reading Level is The Wintu & Their Neighbors?

The Wintu & Their Neighbors is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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