How Long to Read At the Heart of the Empire

How Long Does it Take to Read At the Heart of the Empire?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read At the Heart of the Empire by Antoinette M. Burton

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

Description

Antoinette Burton focuses on the experiences of three Victorian travelers in Britain to illustrate how "Englishness" was made and remade in relation to imperialism. The accounts left by these three sojourners--all prominent, educated Indians--represent complex, critical ethnographies of "native" metropolitan society and offer revealing glimpses of what it was like to be a colonial subject in fin-de-siècle Britain. Burton's innovative interpretation of the travelers' testimonies shatters the myth of Britain's insularity from its own construction of empire and shows that it was instead a terrain open to continual contest and refiguration. Burton's three subjects felt the influence of imperial power keenly during even the most everyday encounters in Britain. Pandita Ramabai arrived in London in 1883 seeking a medical education and left in 1886, having resisted the Anglican Church's attempts to make her an evangelical missionary. Cornelia Sorabji went to Oxford to study law and became the first Indian woman to be called to the Bar. Behramji Malabari sought help for his Indian reform projects in England, and subjected London to colonial scrutiny in the process. Their experiences form the basis of this wide-ranging, clearly written, and imaginative investigation of diasporic movement in the colonial metropolis.

How long is At the Heart of the Empire?

At the Heart of the Empire by Antoinette M. Burton is 278 pages long, and a total of 71,724 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read At the Heart of the Empire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read At the Heart of the Empire aloud.

What Reading Level is At the Heart of the Empire?

At the Heart of the Empire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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