How long does it take to read Ancient Society?
Lewis H. Morgan, Lewis Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan
Ancient Society by Lewis H. Morgan, Lewis Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan takes about 10 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1877. 570 pages, about 156,750 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 72 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Ancient Society defines three major stages in the cultural and social evolution of mankind. Morgan describes how savages, advancing by definite steps, attained the higher condition of barbarism. He then explores how barbarians, by similar progressive advancement, finally attained civilization. Finally he discusses why other tribes and nations have been left behind in the race of progress. Inventions and discoveries show the similarity of human wants at the same stages of advancement, thus demonstrating the psychic unity of mankind. The idea of property - now an obsession in civilized society - underwent a similar process of growth and development, as did the principles of government. By the "comparative method" of using existing and historical societies as examples of previous stages, the history of human progress could be reconstructed. These parallel lines along the pathways of human progress form the principal subjects of discussion in Ancient Society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Political anthropology, Social evolution, Social structure, Primitive societies, History, Civilization
