How Long to Read Very Different, But Much the Same

How Long Does it Take to Read Very Different, But Much the Same?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Very Different, But Much the Same by W. G. Runciman

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Description

Very Different, but Much the Same takes as its starting point the distribution of political, ideological, and economic power between English society's constituent roles from the time when Daniel Defoe was writing Robinson Crusoe, and argues that Defoe would find it remarkably similar three centuries later despite all the changes in technology, lifestyles, amenities, beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values by which he would no doubt be astonished. The disjunction between the two is explained by bringing to bear the approach of current evolutionary sociological theory in which the reproduction or extinction of a society's institutional practices is traced to selective environmental pressures which are independent of the personal motives and subjective experiences of the individuals whose practices they are. It is further argued that the rates of high absolute and low relative social mobility that sociologists have documented in detail for the twentieth century are likely to have been much the same during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The conclusion drawn is that for as long as the country was not defeated in a European war, the probability of a radical change in institutional distribution of power was extremely low throughout, however much contemporary observers or later historians would have either welcomed or deplored it.

How long is Very Different, But Much the Same?

Very Different, But Much the Same by W. G. Runciman is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Very Different, But Much the Same Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Very Different, But Much the Same aloud.

What Reading Level is Very Different, But Much the Same?

Very Different, But Much the Same is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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