How Long to Read Holding Up More Than Half the Sky

How Long Does it Take to Read Holding Up More Than Half the Sky?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Holding Up More Than Half the Sky by Xiaolan Bao

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

Description

In 1982, 20,000 Chinese-American garment workers--most of them women--went on strike in New York City. Every Chinese garment industry employer in the city soon signed a union contract. The successful action reflected the ways women's changing positions within their families and within the workplace galvanized them to stand up for themselves. Xiaolan Bao's now-classic study penetrates to the heart of Chinese American society to explain how this militancy and organized protest, seemingly so at odds with traditional Chinese female behavior, came about. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, Bao blends the poignant personal stories of Chinese immigrant workers with the interwoven history of the garment industry and the city's Chinese community. Bao shows how the high rate of married women employed outside the home profoundly transformed family culture and with it the image and empowerment of Chinese American women. At the same time, she offers a complex and subtle discussion of the interplay of ethnic and class factors within New York's garment industry. Passionately told and prodigiously documented, Holding Up More Than Half the Sky examines the journey of a community's women through an era of change in the home, on the shop floor, and walking the picket line.

How long is Holding Up More Than Half the Sky?

Holding Up More Than Half the Sky by Xiaolan Bao is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Holding Up More Than Half the Sky Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Holding Up More Than Half the Sky aloud.

What Reading Level is Holding Up More Than Half the Sky?

Holding Up More Than Half the Sky 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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