How Long to Read The Keepers of Water and Earth

How Long Does it Take to Read The Keepers of Water and Earth?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 11 minutes to read The Keepers of Water and Earth by Kjell I. Enge

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

Description

Agrarian reforms transformed the Mexican countryside in the late twentieth century but without, in many cases, altering fundamental power relationships. This study of the Tehuacán Valley in the state of Puebla highlights different strategies to manipulate the local implementation of federal government programs. With their very differing successes in the struggle to regain and maintain control of land and water rights, these strategies raise important questions about the meaning of the phrase "locally controlled development." Because Mexico is dependent on irrigation for 45 percent of its cash crop production, national policy has focused on developing vast government controlled and financed irrigation systems. In the Tehuacán Valley, however, the inhabitants have developed a complex irrigation system without government aid or supervision. Yet, in contrast to most parts of Mexico, water rights can be bought and sold as a commodity, leading to accumulation, stratification, and emergence of a regional elite whose power is based on ownership of land and water. The analysis provides an important contribution to the understanding of local control. The findings of this study will be important to a wide audience involved in the study of irrigation, local agricultural systems, and the interplay between local power structures and the national government in developing countries. The book also presents unique material on gravity-fed, horizontal wells, known as qanat in the Middle East, which had been unknown in the literature on Latin America before this book.

How long is The Keepers of Water and Earth?

The Keepers of Water and Earth by Kjell I. Enge is 246 pages long, and a total of 62,976 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Keepers of Water and Earth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Keepers of Water and Earth aloud.

What Reading Level is The Keepers of Water and Earth?

The Keepers of Water and Earth 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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