How Long to Read Respectable and Disreputable

How Long Does it Take to Read Respectable and Disreputable?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Respectable and Disreputable by Jeffrey C. Benton

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

Description

Respectable and Disreputable describes how Montgomerians spent their increasing leisure time during the four decades preceding the Civil War. Everyday activities included gambling, drinking, sporting, hunting, and voluntary associations--military, literary, self-improvement, fraternal, and civic. The book also includes seasonal activities--religious and national holidays, fairs, balls, horse racing, and summering at mineral springs. Commercial entertainment, which became more prominent in the late antebellum period, included theater, opera, circuses, and minstrel shows. Historian Jeffrey Benton describes not only those everyday, seasonal, and commercial activities, but also shows how antebellum society debated the moral and philosophical questions of how leisure time should be spent. Woven throughout the book are comparisons between Montgomery and other cities and towns in antebellum America. Although the United States may have been increasingly divided economically, on rural-urban experiences, and of course on the issue of slavery, it seems that antebellum Americans--at least those living in or with easy access to urban areas--shared very similar leisure time activities.

How long is Respectable and Disreputable?

Respectable and Disreputable by Jeffrey C. Benton is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Respectable and Disreputable Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Respectable and Disreputable aloud.

What Reading Level is Respectable and Disreputable?

Respectable and Disreputable 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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