How Long to Read Reading the Road

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Road?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read Reading the Road by Thomas J. Schlereth

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

Description

Thomas Schlereth ... opens our eyes to one of the nation's first and most fascinating highways and helps us see things the interstate highways will never allow. -- James H. Madison, Indiana UniversityOnce known as the National Highway, U.S. 40 has long been a major east-west route across America. In this fascinating and profusely illustrated book, Thomas J. Schlereth explores the historic landscapes and cultural legacies that are evident alongside the 156 miles of the highway that bisect central Indiana.Now updated for this paperback edition, Reading the Road was originally published in 1985 under the title U.S. 40: A Roadscape of the American Experience and was hailed at that time as a pioneering study in above-ground archaeology. As Schlereth explains in his new introduction, the book works on many levels. It is, he writes, a brief history of American road transportation, a primer for investigating the past and present of the contemporary landscape, a portfolio of documentary photography from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and a personal assessment of the cultural role that the road has played in the American experience. Schlereth's innovative approach allows the reader to see the highway as a mammoth outdoor museum of American history.In Part I, the author shows how the extant physical evidence of any American road can be interpreted in a way that illuminates its historical development and contemporary meaning. Part II applies those interpretive techniques to the Indiana section of U.S. 40, focusing on four historical periods: the highway's National Road era (182749); the time frame of its private highway associations (1850-1925); its resurgence as partof the national numbered highway system (1925-present); and its role since the advent of the Interstate era (1960-present). In Part III, Schlereth reviews the scholarship on American highways, including bibliographical resources that he consulted in his original research as well as new studies published since the book's original appearance.Whether discussing the historic architecture of Centerville, Indiana (which forms what Schlereth calls an epitome district), or the evolution of the motor inn, the author continually presents familiar places in a new light. Landscape historians, cultural geographers, students of material culture, architectural historians, and, indeed, anyone with an interest in America's built environment will welcome this new edition of Schlereth's groundbreaking work.

How long is Reading the Road?

Reading the Road by Thomas J. Schlereth is 151 pages long, and a total of 37,901 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Reading the Road Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Reading the Road aloud.

What Reading Level is Reading the Road?

Reading the Road 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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