How Long to Read Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia

How Long Does it Take to Read Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 56 minutes to read Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia by E. Digby Baltzell

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

Description

Based on the biographies of some three hundred people in each city, this book shows how such distinguished Boston families as the Adamses, Cabots, Lowells, and Peabodys have produced many generations of men and women who have made major contributions to the intellectual, educational, and political life of their state and nation. At the same time, comparable Philadelphia families such as the Biddles, Cadwaladers, Ingersolls, and Drexels have contributed far fewer leaders to their state and nation. From the days of Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Girard down to the present, what leadership there has been in Philadelphia has largely been provided by self-made men, often, like Franklin, born outside Pennsylvania. Baltzell traces the differences in class authority and leadership in these two cites to the contrasting values of the Puritan founders of the Bay Colony and the Quaker founders of the City of Brotherly Love. While Puritans placed great value on the "calling" or devotion to one's chosen vocation, Quakers have always placed more emphasis on being a good person than on being a good judge or statesman. Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia presents a provocative view of two contrasting upper classes and also reflects the author's larger concern with the conflicting values of hierarchy and egalitarianism in American history.

How long is Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia?

Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia by E. Digby Baltzell is 585 pages long, and a total of 149,175 words.

This makes it 197% the length of the average book. It also has 182% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 35 minutes to read Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia aloud.

What Reading Level is Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia?

Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia 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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