How Long to Read Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction

How Long Does it Take to Read Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 33 minutes to read Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction by W. J. Rorabaugh

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

Description

Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made Prohibition law: alcohol could no longer be produced, imported, transported, or sold. This bizarre episode is often humorously recalled, frequently satirized, and usually condemned. The more interesting...

How long is Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction?

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction by W. J. Rorabaugh is 152 pages long, and a total of 38,304 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 29 minutes to read Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction aloud.

What Reading Level is Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction?

Prohibition: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 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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