How Long to Read The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860

How Long Does it Take to Read The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 by Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn

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

Description

Calvin Schermerhorn’s provocative study views the development of modern American capitalism through the window of the nineteenth-century interstate slave trade. This eye-opening history follows money and ships as well as enslaved human beings to demonstrate how slavery was a national business supported by far-flung monetary and credit systems reaching across the Atlantic Ocean. The author details the anatomy of slave supply chains and the chains of credit and commodities that intersected with them in virtually every corner of the pre–Civil War United States, and explores how an institution...

How long is The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860?

The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 by Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860?

The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 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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