How Long to Read Tariff Question in the Gilded Age

How Long Does it Take to Read Tariff Question in the Gilded Age?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Tariff Question in the Gilded Age by Joanne Reitano

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

Description

Protective tariffs were part of American life long before the era of NAFTA and GATT. In the late nineteenth century, the "tariff question" was one of the most controversial issues of the day. As Joanne Reitano shows in this far-reaching study, the ensuing debate was anything but an empty exercise in political rhetoric occupying only politicians and lobbyists. The tariff was of central concern to a broad cross section of people because of its perceived relationship to immediate economic problems, such as wages, prices, and trusts. In fact, it became a means for many Americans to wrestle with the implications of the country's rapid growth and the impact of industrial capitalism on American life. Reitano focuses on the election year of 1888, when the tariff was adopted as a cause célèbre by President Grover Cleveland, Congress, the two major parties, and the press. At the heart of the debate was the Mills Bill for tariff reduction. Although the bill failed to pass, Reitano finds in the rancorous public debate a barometer of changes in the American mind in the Gilded Age. She carefully blends intellectual, political, economic, and social issues through analyses of the Congressional Record, press coverage of the debate, academic and polemical literature, political cartoons, and the presidential campaign. Ultimately, Reitano contends that ideas about political economy have always been central to the American mind. They were so in the Gilded Age as they are today.

How long is Tariff Question in the Gilded Age?

Tariff Question in the Gilded Age by Joanne Reitano is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tariff Question in the Gilded Age Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read Tariff Question in the Gilded Age aloud.

What Reading Level is Tariff Question in the Gilded Age?

Tariff Question in the Gilded Age 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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