It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Before the Melting Pot by Joyce D. Goodfriend
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. Joyce Goodfriend paints a vivid portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America and showing how colonial settlers of varying backgrounds worked out a basis for coexistence. She argues that, contrary to the prevalent notion of rapid Anglicization, ethnicity proved an enduring force in this small urban society well into the...
Before the Melting Pot by Joyce D. Goodfriend is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Before the Melting Pot aloud.
Before the Melting Pot is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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