It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read Begging as a Path to Progress by Kate Swanson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1992, Calhuasí, an isolated Andean town, got its first road. Newly connected to Ecuador's large cities, Calhuasí experienced rapid social-spatial change, which Kate Swanson richly describes in Begging as a Path to Progress. Based on nineteen months of fieldwork, Swanson's study pays particular attention to the ideas and practices surrounding youth. While begging seems to be inconsistent with—or even an affront to—ideas about childhood in the developed world, Swanson demonstrates that the majority of income earned from begging goes toward funding Ecuadorian children's educations in hopes of...
Begging as a Path to Progress by Kate Swanson is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Begging as a Path to Progress aloud.
Begging as a Path to Progress is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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