How Long to Read How Welfare Worked in the Early United States

How Long Does it Take to Read How Welfare Worked in the Early United States?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read How Welfare Worked in the Early United States by Gabriel Loiacono

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

Description

"The year George Washington was finishing his first term as president, 1792, William Larned was beginning his first term as overseer of the poor for Providence, Rhode Island. Larned would be re-elected for another thirty-five one-year terms and arguably exercised more authority over locals than any president could. Larned's long career in this little-known but powerful local government position illustrates several aspects of early American poor laws. Overseers of the poor could be life-savers to locals in need. They could also upend lives, forcing families out of town. They controlled the largest portion of local tax dollars, which dwarfed state and federal tax levies from the individual taxpayer's perspective. Overseers used these tax dollars to provide food, housing, healthcare, and other necessaries to people in need. An ancillary benefit was that these dollars also buoyed the incomes of local government relief contractors"--

How long is How Welfare Worked in the Early United States?

How Welfare Worked in the Early United States by Gabriel Loiacono is 237 pages long, and a total of 60,909 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Welfare Worked in the Early United States Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 32 minutes to read How Welfare Worked in the Early United States aloud.

What Reading Level is How Welfare Worked in the Early United States?

How Welfare Worked in the Early United States 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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