It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read The Great Nation in Decline by Sean M. Quinlan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book studies how doctors responded to - and helped shape - deep-seated fears about nervous degeneracy and population decline in France between 1750 and 1850. It uncovers a rich and far-ranging medical debate in which four generations of hygiene activists used biomedical science to transform the self, sexuality and community in order to regenerate a sick and decaying nation; a programme doctors labelled 'physical and moral hygiene'. Moreover, it is shown how doctors imparted biomedical ideas and language that allowed lay people to make sense of often bewildering socio-political changes,...
The Great Nation in Decline by Sean M. Quinlan is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.
This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read The Great Nation in Decline aloud.
The Great Nation in Decline is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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