It takes the average reader 10 hours and 41 minutes to read Taking the Land to Make the City by Mary P. Ryan
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This historical study shows how San Francisco and Baltimore were central to American expansion through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The history of the United States is often told as a movement westward, beginning at the Atlantic coast and following farmers across the continent. But early settlements and towns sprung up along the Pacific as well as the Atlantic, as Spaniards and Englishmen took Indian land and converted it into private property. In this ambitious study of historical geography and urban development, Mary P. Ryan reframes the story of American expansion. Baltimore...
Taking the Land to Make the City by Mary P. Ryan is 626 pages long, and a total of 160,256 words.
This makes it 211% the length of the average book. It also has 196% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 35 minutes to read Taking the Land to Make the City aloud.
Taking the Land to Make the City is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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