How Long to Read The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness by Emanuele Lugli

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

Description

An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements. Measurement is all around us—from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted. Yet, this has not always been the case. This book reaches back to medieval Italy to speak of a time when measurements were displayed in the open, showing how such a deceptively simple innovation triggered a chain of cultural transformations whose consequences are visible today on a global scale. Drawing from literary works and frescoes, architectural surveys, and legal compilations, Emanuele Lugli offers a history of material practices widely overlooked by historians. He argues that the public display of measurements in Italy’s newly formed city republics not only laid the foundation for now centuries-old practices of making, but also helped to legitimize local governments and shore up church power, buttressing fantasies of exactitude and certainty that linger to this day. This ambitious, truly interdisciplinary book explains how measurements, rather than being mere descriptors of the real, themselves work as powerful molds of ideas, affecting our notions of what we consider similar, accurate, and truthful.

How long is The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness?

The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness by Emanuele Lugli is 345 pages long, and a total of 87,975 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours to read The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness aloud.

What Reading Level is The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness?

The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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