It takes the average reader 8 hours and 40 minutes to read Peasants under Siege by Gail Kligman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collectivize agriculture in this largely agrarian country, following the Soviet model. Peasants under Siege provides the first comprehensive look at the far-reaching social engineering process that ensued. Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery examine how collectivization assaulted the very foundations of rural life, transforming village communities that were organized around kinship and status hierarchies into segments of large bureaucratic organizations, forged by the language of "class warfare" yet...
Peasants under Siege by Gail Kligman is 520 pages long, and a total of 130,000 words.
This makes it 175% the length of the average book. It also has 159% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 50 minutes to read Peasants under Siege aloud.
Peasants under Siege is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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