It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability by Robert Wuthnow
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How American respectability has been built by maligning those who don't make the grade How did Americans come to think of themselves as respectable members of the middle class? Was it just by earning a decent living? Or did it require something more? And if it did, what can we learn that may still apply? The quest for middle-class respectability in nineteenth-century America is usually described as a process of inculcating positive values such as honesty, hard work, independence, and cultural refinement. But clergy, educators, and community leaders also defined respectability negatively, by...
American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability by Robert Wuthnow 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability aloud.
American Misfits and the Making of Middle-Class Respectability is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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