How long does it take to read The Power Elite?
The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills takes about 7 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 423 pages, about 116,325 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
> In 1956, sociologist C. Wright Mills published the classic book The Power Elite, which looked at how a narrow segment of the population with high positions in different institutions (legislators, corporations, the military) tended to make decisions for the population as a whole, with the consensus among these actors displacing authentic democracy. - Current Affairs
Subjects: Civilization, Social conditions, Condiciones económicas, Politieke processen (rechtspraak), Sociale structuur, Elite
