How Long to Read Imagining Manila

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining Manila?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Imagining Manila by Tom Sykes

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

Description

The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.

How long is Imagining Manila?

Imagining Manila by Tom Sykes is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining Manila Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read Imagining Manila aloud.

What Reading Level is Imagining Manila?

Imagining Manila 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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