How Long to Read In Defence of History

By Nicholas Piercey

How Long Does it Take to Read In Defence of History?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 51 minutes to read In Defence of History by Nicholas Piercey

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

Description

Richard Evans wrote In Defence of History at a time when the historian's profession was coming under heavy attack as a result of the ‘cultural turn’ taken by the discipline during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Historians were being forced to face up to postmodern thinking, which argued that, because all texts were the product of biased writers who had incomplete information, none could be privileged above others. In this reading, there could be no objective history, merely the study of the texts themselves. While In Defence of History addresses all aspects of historical method, its key focus...

How long is In Defence of History?

In Defence of History by Nicholas Piercey is 108 pages long, and a total of 27,864 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Defence of History Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 32 minutes to read In Defence of History aloud.

What Reading Level is In Defence of History?

In Defence of History is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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