How Long to Read Hidden Histories of Gordonia

How Long Does it Take to Read Hidden Histories of Gordonia?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 26 minutes to read Hidden Histories of Gordonia by Martin Legassick

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

Description

The Gordonia region of the Northern Cape province has received relatively little attention from historians. In Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land dispossession and resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, Martin Legassick explores aspects of the generally unknown ‘brown’ and ‘black’ history of the region. Emphasising the lives of ordinary people, his writing is also in part an exercise in ‘applied history’ – historical writing with a direct application to people’s lives in the present. Tracing the indigenous history of Gordonia as well as the northward movement of Basters and whites from the western Cape through Bushmanland to the Orange River, the book presents accounts of family histories, episodes of indigenous resistance to colonisation, and studies of the ultimate imposition of racial segregation and land dispossession on the inhabitants of the region. A recurrent theme is the question of identity and how the extreme ethnic fluidity and social mixing apparent in earlier times crystallised in the colonial period into racial identities, until with final conquest came imposed racial classification.

How long is Hidden Histories of Gordonia?

Hidden Histories of Gordonia by Martin Legassick is 436 pages long, and a total of 111,616 words.

This makes it 147% the length of the average book. It also has 136% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hidden Histories of Gordonia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 9 minutes to read Hidden Histories of Gordonia aloud.

What Reading Level is Hidden Histories of Gordonia?

Hidden Histories of Gordonia 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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