How Long to Read Bureaucrats and Beggars

How Long Does it Take to Read Bureaucrats and Beggars?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Bureaucrats and Beggars by Thomas McStay Adams

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

Description

In the mid-eighteenth century in France, the royal authorities launched a new campaign to sweep beggars from the streets, pinning their hopes on the creation of a uniform royal network of lock-ups in which anyone found begging might be detained. In this study, Adams probes the accomplishments and the failings of these so-called dépôts de mendicité, as seen by critics of the experiment (including learned judges and influential spokesmen of the provincial Estates) and as seen by those responsible for its success: the provincial intendants, the royal engineers, the doctors, the inspectors, the contractors, and various givers of advice. He shows how the debate--both internal and external--over the operation of the dépôts contributed to the intellectual ferment of the Enlightenment and the Revolution. The resulting web of reasoning and empirical data gave support to Montesquieu's principle that the state owes every one of its citizens "a secure subsistence, suitable food and clothing, and a manner of life that is not contrary to good health."

How long is Bureaucrats and Beggars?

Bureaucrats and Beggars by Thomas McStay Adams is 397 pages long, and a total of 102,029 words.

This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bureaucrats and Beggars Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 17 minutes to read Bureaucrats and Beggars aloud.

What Reading Level is Bureaucrats and Beggars?

Bureaucrats and Beggars is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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