How Long to Read Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City

How Long Does it Take to Read Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City by Robin Nagle

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

Description

America's largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers don't give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he—or she—so unknown? In Picking Up, the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York City's Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of...

How long is Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City?

Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City by Robin Nagle is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City aloud.

What Reading Level is Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City?

Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City 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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