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How Long Does it Take to Read Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France by Robert M. Schwartz

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Robert Schwartz examines the French government's attempts to suppress mendicity from the reign of Louis XIV to the Revolution. His study provides a rich account of the evolution of poverty, the varied and shifting attitudes toward the delinquent poor, and the government's efforts to control mendicity by strengthening the state's repressive machinery during the eighteenth century. As Schwartz demonstrates, popular conceptions of the mendicant poor in the ancient regime increasingly focused on the threat that they presented to the rest of society, thereby opening the way for the central state...

How long is Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France?

Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France by Robert M. Schwartz is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France aloud.

What Reading Level is Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France?

Policing the Poor in Eighteenth-Century France is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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