How Long to Read Beasts of the Field

How Long Does it Take to Read Beasts of the Field?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 59 minutes to read Beasts of the Field by Richard Steven Street

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

Description

Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history--the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the development of California agriculture. Street has systematically worked his way through a mountain of archival materials--more than 500 manuscript collections, scattered in 22 states, including Spain and Mexico--to follow the farmworker story from its beginnings on Spanish missions into the second decade of the twentieth century. The result is a comprehensive tour de force. Scene by scene, the epic narrative clarifies and breathes new life into a controversial and instructive saga long surrounded by myth, conjecture, and scholarly neglect. With its panoramic view spanning 144 years and moving from the US-Mexico border to Oregon, Beasts of the Field reveals diverse patterns of life and labor in the fields that varied among different crops, regions, time periods, and racial and ethic groups. Enormous in scope, packed with surprising twists and turns, and devastating in impact, this compelling, revelatory work of American social history will inform generations to come of the history of California and the nation.

How long is Beasts of the Field?

Beasts of the Field by Richard Steven Street is 944 pages long, and a total of 239,776 words.

This makes it 319% the length of the average book. It also has 293% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beasts of the Field Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 50 minutes to read Beasts of the Field aloud.

What Reading Level is Beasts of the Field?

Beasts of the Field 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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