It takes the average reader 9 hours and 53 minutes to read Strangers from a Different Shore by Professor Department of Ethnic Studies Ronald Takaki
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, & oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate & culture, & Asian American students stigmatized by...
Strangers from a Different Shore by Professor Department of Ethnic Studies Ronald Takaki is 591 pages long, and a total of 148,341 words.
This makes it 199% the length of the average book. It also has 181% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 30 minutes to read Strangers from a Different Shore aloud.
Strangers from a Different Shore is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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