How Long to Read The Coal Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read The Coal Nation?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read The Coal Nation by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

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

Description

Social science research is emerging on a range of issues around large and small-scale mining, connecting them to broader social, cultural, political, historical and economic factors rather than purely measuring the environmental impacts of mining. Within this broader context of global scholarly attention on extractive industries, this book explores two specific contexts: the cultural politics of coal and coal mining, within the context of one particular country, India, which is the third largest coal producer in the world. Both contexts are special; with its separate Ministry, coal occupies pride of place in contemporary India, shaping the energy future and influencing the economic and political milieu of the country. The supremacy attributed to coal mining in contemporary India represents how ’coal nationalism’ has replaced ’coal colonialism’ in the country, turning this commodity into an icon, a national symbol. In recent years the extraction of coal in forest-covered resource peripheries has dispossessed and pauperised many tribal and rural communities who have used these resource-rich lands for their livelihoods for generations. The combustion of coal to produce electricity constitutes the compelling need, and the factor that prevents the Indian state from fully engaging with the impending realities of a climate-changed future. All these reasons make the timing of this book of crucial importance. In particular, The Coal Nation explores the complex history of coal in India; from its colonial legacies to contemporary cultural and social impacts of mining; land ownership and moral resource rights; protective legislation for coal as well as for the indigenous and local communities; the question of legality, illegitimacy and illicit mining and of social justice. Presenting cutting-edge multidisciplinary social science research on coal and mining in India, The Coal Nation initiates a productive dialogue amongst academics and between them and activists.

How long is The Coal Nation?

The Coal Nation by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Coal Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read The Coal Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is The Coal Nation?

The Coal Nation 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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