How Long to Read The Columbian Exchange

How Long Does it Take to Read The Columbian Exchange?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 25 minutes to read The Columbian Exchange by Joshua Specht

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

Description

One criticism of history is that historians all too often study it in isolation, failing to take advantage of models and evidence from scholars in other disciplines. This is not a charge that can be laid at the door of Alfred Crosby. His book The Columbian Exchange not only incorporates the results of wide reading in the hard sciences, anthropology and geography, but also stands as one of the foundation stones of the study of environmental history. In this sense, Crosby's defining work is undoubtedly a fine example of the critical thinking skill of creativity; it comes up with new connections that explain the European success in colonizing the New World more as the product of biological catastrophe (in the shape of the introduction of new diseases) than of the actions of men, and posits that the most important consequences were not political – the establishment of new empires – but cultural and culinary; the population of China tripled, for example, as the result of the introduction of new world crops. Few new hypotheses have proved as stimulating or influential.

How long is The Columbian Exchange?

The Columbian Exchange by Joshua Specht is 84 pages long, and a total of 21,336 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Columbian Exchange Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 56 minutes to read The Columbian Exchange aloud.

What Reading Level is The Columbian Exchange?

The Columbian Exchange is suitable for students ages 10 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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