How Long to Read The Gecekondu

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gecekondu?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read The Gecekondu by Kemal H. Karpat

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

Description

The gecekondu are the shantytowns of Turkey. This study by Kemal Karpat investigates within a broad historical, conceptual and comparative framework the migration and urbanization of the people of these settlements. It is based on personal interviews with people living in three gecekondu in the northern hills of Istanbul, along the Bosporus. The gecekondu are considered here as a part of the entire process of rural migration and urbanization - and so of the transformation of the economic, political, social and cultural order in the Third World nations. Special emphasis has been placed on the historical factors that undermined the traditional social structure in the third world and freed a large number of people for migration and resettlement, and also on the impact of the gecekondu upon the home villages. The author draws on several academic points of view - economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history - and, himself a native Turk, brings a long acquaintance with that land and its people to this study of an institution whose importance has been largely unrecognized.

How long is The Gecekondu?

The Gecekondu by Kemal H. Karpat is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gecekondu Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read The Gecekondu aloud.

What Reading Level is The Gecekondu?

The Gecekondu 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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