How Long to Read Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness

How Long Does it Take to Read Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness by Peter McCandless

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

Description

Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness is a social history of the perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill in South Carolina over two centuries. Examining insanity in both an institutional and a community context, Peter McCandless shows how policies and attitudes changed dramatically from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. He also sheds new light on the ways sectionalism and race affected the plight of the insane in a state whose fortunes worsened markedly after the Civil War. Antebellum asylum reformers in the state were inspired by many of the same ideals as their northern counterparts, such as therapeutic optimism and moral treatment. But McCandless shows that treatment ideologies in South Carolina, which had a majority black population, were complicated by the issue of race, and that blacks received markedly inferior care. By re-creating the different experiences of the insane--black and white, inside the asylum and within the community--McCandless highlights the importance of regional variation in the treatment of mental illness.

How long is Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness?

Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness by Peter McCandless is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.

This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness aloud.

What Reading Level is Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness?

Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness 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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