How Long to Read A Revolution in Favor of Government

How Long Does it Take to Read A Revolution in Favor of Government?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read A Revolution in Favor of Government by Max M. Edling

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

Description

What were the intentions of the Founders? Was the American constitution designed to protect individual rights? To limit the powers of government? To curb the excesses of democracy? Or to create a robust democratic nation-state? These questions echo through today's most heated legal and political debates. In this powerful new interpretation of America's origins, Max Edling argues that the Federalists were primarily concerned with building a government that could act vigorously in defense of American interests. The Constitution transferred the powers of war making and resource extraction from the states to the national government thereby creating a nation-state invested with all the important powers of Europe's eighteenth-century "fiscal-military states." A strong centralized government, however, challenged the American people's deeply ingrained distrust of unduly concentrated authority. To secure the Constitution's adoption the Federalists had to accommodate the formation of a powerful national government to the strong current of anti-statism in the American political tradition. They did so by designing a government that would be powerful in times of crisis, but which would make only limited demands on the citizenry and have a sharply restricted presence in society. The Constitution promised the American people the benefit of government without its costs. Taking advantage of a newly published letterpress edition of the constitutional debates, A Revolution in Favor of Government recovers a neglected strand of the Federalist argument, making a persuasive case for rethinking the formation of the federal American state.

How long is A Revolution in Favor of Government?

A Revolution in Favor of Government by Max M. Edling is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Revolution in Favor of Government Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read A Revolution in Favor of Government aloud.

What Reading Level is A Revolution in Favor of Government?

A Revolution in Favor of Government is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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