How Long to Read Conscripts of Modernity

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscripts of Modernity?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Conscripts of Modernity by David Scott

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

Description

At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history—when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism—David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior to independence, anticolonialists narrated the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism as romance—as a story of overcoming and vindication, of salvation and redemption. Scott contends that postcolonial scholarship assumes the same trajectory, and that this imposes conceptual limitations. He...

How long is Conscripts of Modernity?

Conscripts of Modernity by David Scott is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscripts of Modernity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read Conscripts of Modernity aloud.

What Reading Level is Conscripts of Modernity?

Conscripts of Modernity 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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