How Long to Read A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier
By Donald G. Southerton
How Long Does it Take to Read A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier?
It takes the average reader and 49 minutes to read A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier by Donald G. Southerton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
In the closing years of the nineteenth century, East Asia saw traditional institutions erode under the weight of modernization, westernization, and imperialism. Unlike Japan, which by the late 1860s boldly embraced western thought and technology, Korea's orthodox Neo-Confucian elites resisted change. Trade agreements signed in the 1880s led to some reforms and the "opening" of Korea to the West. Soon China, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, and Great Britain vied for economic opportunity. Significantly, American missionaries and traders formed a core cadre among the foreigners who ventured to what the West called the Hermit Kingdom. Meanwhile, open conflict erupted on the peninsula between rival Japanese and Chinese forces. The outcome was substantial socio-economic transformation. By 1895, the Korean monarch King Kojong looked to align with the West to thwart ever-growing Japanese imperialism. King Kojong pursued a strategy of granting trade concessions to westerners in hopes that the investors would pressure their governments to support the monarchy and contain Japanese imperialism.The most successful of these concessions were granted to several Americans. By the early 1900s, the American-run Northern Frontier mines were among the richest in Asia. It is here, in what is today North Korea, that Connecticut-born Josh Gillet ventures and Book Three of A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm saga continues....
How long is A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier?
A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier by Donald G. Southerton is 48 pages long, and a total of 12,384 words.
This makes it 16% the length of the average book. It also has 15% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 7 minutes to read A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier aloud.
What Reading Level is A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier?
A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Northern Frontier is suitable for students ages 8 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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