It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Andean Wonder Drug by Matthew James Crawford
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the eighteenth century, malaria was a prevalent and deadly disease, and the only effective treatment was found in the Andean forests of Spanish America: a medicinal bark harvested from cinchona trees that would later give rise to the antimalarial drug quinine. In 1751, the Spanish Crown asserted control over the production and distribution of this medicament by establishing a royal reserve of “fever trees” in Quito. Through this pilot project, the Crown pursued a new vision of imperialism informed by science and invigorated through commerce. But ultimately this project failed, much like...
The Andean Wonder Drug by Matthew James Crawford is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Andean Wonder Drug aloud.
The Andean Wonder Drug is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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