How Long to Read A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902

How Long Does it Take to Read A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902 by Damian O'Connor

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

Description

To say that the History of South Africa has been a source of controversy over the years is to understate the case by several orders of magnitude. Everything has been fought over. Who was there first? Who owns the land? Why did the Bushmen disappear? Were the Khoikhoin people deliberately wiped out by the Europeans? Were the military exploits of the Zulu people a triumph or a curse? Was British Imperialism a grasping, brutal, racist curse or the advance of settled government, science, medicine, material prosperity and the Rule of Law? Were the Boers victims of British meddling or rapacious expansionists? Why did the Xhosa people collapse when the Tswana, Swazi and Basuto peoples maintained their independence? Where did Apartheid come from? Each of these questions merits a book on its own but this volume gives a fair survey of the issues and provides the reader with a series of workable answers. History is as much about Historians as it is about dates and battles and this book points out just how many Historians have attempted to influence the record to suit their own prejudices and political leanings and just how much and how often they get things wrong. Afrikaaner Nationalists, politically correct Marxists, campaigning missionaries, racists, anti-racists, anti-imperialists and out-and-out Jingoes have all tried to fix the record to justify their programmes over the years and here their efforts are laid bare for the reader to make his or her own judgement - or reserve it and study things further. Throughout, the message is consistent: doing your own thinking and having your own point of view does not make you a bad person.

How long is A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902?

A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902 by Damian O'Connor is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902 aloud.

What Reading Level is A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902?

A Short Guide to the History of South Africa 1652-1902 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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