How Long to Read Living and Dying on the Factory Floor

How Long Does it Take to Read Living and Dying on the Factory Floor?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 32 minutes to read Living and Dying on the Factory Floor by David Ranney

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

Description

David Ranney’s vivid memoir describes his work experiences between 1976 and 1982 in the factories of southeast Chicago and northwest Indiana. The book opens with a detailed description of what it was like to live and work in one of the heaviest industrial concentrations in the world. The author takes the reader on a walk through the heart of the South Side of Chicago, observing the noise, heavy traffic, the 24-hour restaurants and bars, the rich diversity of people on the streets at all hours of the day and night, and the smell of the highly polluted air. Factory life includes stints at a machine shop, a shortening factory, a railroad car factory, a structural steel shop, a box factory, a chemical plant, and a paper cup factory. Along the way there is a wildcat strike, an immigration raid, shop-floor actions protesting supervisor abuses, serious injuries, a failed effort to unionize, and a murder. Ranney’s emphasis is on race and class relations, working conditions, environmental issues, and broader social issues in the 1970s that impacted the shop floor. Forty years later, the narrator returns to Chicago’s South Side to reveal what happened to the communities, buildings, and the companies that had inhabited them. Living and Dying on the Factory Floor concludes with discussions on the nature of work; racism, race, and class; the use of immigration policy for social control; and our ability to create a just society.

How long is Living and Dying on the Factory Floor?

Living and Dying on the Factory Floor by David Ranney is 207 pages long, and a total of 53,199 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Living and Dying on the Factory Floor Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Living and Dying on the Factory Floor aloud.

What Reading Level is Living and Dying on the Factory Floor?

Living and Dying on the Factory Floor 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Living and Dying on the Factory Floor?

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