How Long to Read The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911

How Long Does it Take to Read The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 41 minutes to read The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911 by David Ress

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

Description

This Palgrave Pivot presents the first in-depth study of the pioneering Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911, the first effort in American financial history to regulate the sale of securities in the US. Though offering a balanced examination of critiques of the legislation as a barrier to individual liberty, interstate commerce, and economic growth, the author challenges the prevailing view of the Kansas Act as a complete anomaly, instead exploring sensitively what ‘blue sky laws’ can tell us about small-town market values during the nineteenth-century. Drawing on contemporary accounts of rural commerce and popular stereotypes about rural society, the author takes a cultural-historical approach to the politics of regulation and government intervention in the economy. Situating the Blue Sky Act in the broader context of Progressive Era reforms, the author demonstrates how distinctive patterns of commerce and finance in the self-contained, miniature economies of mid-continental rural communities were often at odds with the “caveat emptor” (buyer beware) standard of American law and commerce in larger markets. Instead the author explores how paternalistic assumptions about individual investment decisions led to the creation of the Act, yet how it was doomed to failure in the context of emerging national stock markets, changing attitudes that regarded stock primarily as a vehicle for trade and the market boom of the 1920s. The book also explores how the initial acceptance of the Kansas model in other states and its later rejection provides a lens through which to examine the fluidity of notions of individual liberty during this period of fast economic and social change. This book will be of interest to researchers working in American financial history, as well as legal history and securities law.

How long is The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911?

The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911 by David Ress is 161 pages long, and a total of 40,411 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 40 minutes to read The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911?

The Kansas Blue Sky Act of 1911 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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