It takes the average reader 6 hours and 45 minutes to read Forest Monks and the Nation-state by J. L. Taylor
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book is a detailed study on the ascetic forest monk tradition in the Lao-speaking provinces of northeastern Thailand in the wake of the early twentieth century politico-religious reforms. The narrative alternates between the periphery and the capital, dealing with historic transformations and persistencies in the social field of wandering forest monks as well as the contemporary impact of this monastic tradition in the wider social and political milieu. The writer uses original ethnographic materials and provides a rare insight into the formation of monastic lineages and the local...
Forest Monks and the Nation-state by J. L. Taylor is 396 pages long, and a total of 101,376 words.
This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 124% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 13 minutes to read Forest Monks and the Nation-state aloud.
Forest Monks and the Nation-state is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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