How Long to Read CAPITAL ELITES

How Long Does it Take to Read CAPITAL ELITES?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read CAPITAL ELITES by Kathryn Allamong Jacob

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

Description

"In this social history of the nation's capital, Kathryn Allamong Jacob portrays the fancy dress balls, glittering embassy parties, and popular scandal that characterized Washington's high society during the Gilded Age. Jacob argues that the capital's social elite has always been unique because its fortunes - unlike those of aristocrats who ruled other American cities - are tied inextricably to the ubiquitous presence of the federal government." "Jacob shows how the Civil War affected Washington like no other city, vanquishing the hereditary elite - the Antiques - and opening the gates to new millionaires - the Parvenues - who shaped the postwar society of the capital as they shifted its center from Lafayette Square to Dupont Circle." "With plentiful detail about selfish First Ladies, bitter bluebloods, greedy lobbyists, and cabinet ministers who accepted bribes to support their families' social ambitions, Capital Elites describes the magnetic attraction of political power and the ways in which moneyed society affected the conduct of government during the Gilded Age."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

How long is CAPITAL ELITES?

CAPITAL ELITES by Kathryn Allamong Jacob is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read CAPITAL ELITES Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read CAPITAL ELITES aloud.

What Reading Level is CAPITAL ELITES?

CAPITAL ELITES 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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