It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read African Railwaymen by R. D. Grillo
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This was the first anthropological monograph to have dealt at length with the labour force of a major East African industry. It is a study of the African employees of the East African Railways and Harbours stationed at Kampala, Uganda, and living on the Railway-owned Nsambya housing estate. Set in the years 1964-5, shortly after Uganda's and Kenya's Independence, the book explores some of the consequences for African migrant workers of the changes affecting their society. Dr Grillo describes how falling prices for primary agricultural products, educational expansion and rising wages have...
African Railwaymen by R. D. Grillo is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read African Railwaymen aloud.
African Railwaymen is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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