How Long to Read Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes

How Long Does it Take to Read Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes by Mikiso Hane

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

Description

This compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country’s era of economic growth. Through vivid, often wrenching accounts of peasants, miners, textile workers, rebels, and prostitutes, Mikiso Hane forces us to see Japan’s “modern century” (from the beginnings of contact with the West to World War II) through fresh eyes. In doing so, he mounts a formidable challenge to the success story of Japan’s “economic miracle.” Starting with the Meiji restoration of 1868, Hane vividly illustrates how modernization actually widened the gulf, economically and socially, between rich and poor, between the mo-bo and mo-ga (“modern boy” and “modern girl”) of the cities and their rural counterparts. He interlaces his scholarly narrative with sharply etched individual stories that allow us see Japan from the bottom up. We feel the back-breaking labor of a typical farm family; the anguish of poverty-stricken parents forced to send their daughters to Japan’s new mills, factories, and brothels; the hopelessness in rural areas scourged by famine; the proud defiance of women battling against patriarchy; and the desperation of being on strike in a company town, in revolt in the countryside, or conscripted into the army. This updated edition is enhanced by a substantive new introduction by Samuel H. Yamashita. By allowing the underprivileged to speak for themselves, Hane and Yamashita present us with a unique people’s history of an often-hidden world.

How long is Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes?

Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes by Mikiso Hane is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes aloud.

What Reading Level is Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes?

Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes 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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