How Long to Read The Electric Interurban Railways in America

How Long Does it Take to Read The Electric Interurban Railways in America?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 20 minutes to read The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George Woodman Hilton

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

Description

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." —Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." —Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." —Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." —Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." —The Nation

How long is The Electric Interurban Railways in America?

The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George Woodman Hilton is 500 pages long, and a total of 125,000 words.

This makes it 169% the length of the average book. It also has 153% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Electric Interurban Railways in America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 23 minutes to read The Electric Interurban Railways in America aloud.

What Reading Level is The Electric Interurban Railways in America?

The Electric Interurban Railways in America 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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