How Long to Read Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900

How Long Does it Take to Read Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 14 minutes to read Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900 by Carlos A. Forment

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

Description

Carlos Forment's aim in this highly ambitious work is to write the book that Tocqueville would have written had he traveled to Latin America instead of the United States. Drawing on an astonishing level of research, Forment pored over countless newspapers, partisan pamphlets, tabloids, journals, private letters, and travelogues to show in this study how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. This first volume of Democracy in Latin America considers the development of democratic life in Mexico and Peru from independence to the late 1890s. Forment traces the emergence of hundreds of political, economic, and civic associations run by citizens in both nations and shows how these organizations became models of and for democracy in the face of dictatorship and immense economic hardship. His is the first book to show the presence in Latin America of civic democracy, something that gave men and women in that region an alternative to market- and state-centered forms of life. In looking beneath institutions of government to uncover local and civil organizations in public life, Forment ultimately uncovers a tradition of edification and inculcation that shaped democratic practices in Latin America profoundly. This tradition, he reveals, was stronger in Mexico than in Peru, but its basic outlines were similar in both nations and included a unique form of what Forment calls Civic Catholicism in order to distinguish itself from civic republicanism, the dominant political model throughout the rest of the Western world.

How long is Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900?

Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900 by Carlos A. Forment is 485 pages long, and a total of 123,675 words.

This makes it 164% the length of the average book. It also has 151% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 15 minutes to read Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900 aloud.

What Reading Level is Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900?

Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900 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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