How Long to Read Highways to the End of the World

How Long Does it Take to Read Highways to the End of the World?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 8 minutes to read Highways to the End of the World by Edward Simpson

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

Description

This book argues that road-building was naturalised in the twentieth century to the point of common sense, integrating roadbuilding into a system of climate change denial hidden within a broad international development imperative. But if we can ‘read’ South Asian roads as forms of governance and knowledge, we can challenge the region’s established geopolitical narratives, and the idea of a never-ending future. Highways to the End of the World explores the political economy of these ideas by focusing on the history of this phenomenon, and on the road-builders of South Asia themselves. How do these flamboyant and controversial ‘roadmen’ think about their work and the future of the planet? What do roads do, and why? And how did they become central to the region’s nationalist and developmental projects in the first place? Simpson’s fascinating ethnographic account takes us from fume-filled toll booths in the heart of India, via overworked government offices in Pakistan, to pharaonic bridges in the Indian Ocean. Simpson follows the money, explores the politics of evidence, and argues against the utopian hyperbole of present-day ‘road talk’, finding both humanitarian crises and freewheeling international capital in the hedgerows. Roads have never been so interesting, or so controversial.

How long is Highways to the End of the World?

Highways to the End of the World by Edward Simpson is 483 pages long, and a total of 122,199 words.

This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 149% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Highways to the End of the World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 7 minutes to read Highways to the End of the World aloud.

What Reading Level is Highways to the End of the World?

Highways to the End of the World 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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