How Long to Read The Nature of the Beasts

How Long Does it Take to Read The Nature of the Beasts?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The Nature of the Beasts by Ian Jared Miller

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

Description

It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped JapanÕs emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institutionÑat once museum, laboratory, and prisonÑof the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of JapanÕs first modern zoo, TokyoÕs Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882, Ian Jared Miller offers a refreshingly unconventional narrative of JapanÕs rapid modernization and changing relationship with the natural world. As the first zoological garden in the world not built under the sway of a Western imperial regime, the Ueno Zoo served not only as a staple attraction in the nationÕs capitalÑan institutional marker of national accomplishmentÑbut also as a site for the propagation of a new ÒnaturalÓ order that was scientifically verifiable and evolutionarily foreordained. As the Japanese empire grew, Ueno became one of the primary sites of imperialist spectacle, a microcosm of the empire that could be traveled in the course of a single day. The meaning of the zoo would change over the course of Imperial JapanÕs unraveling and subsequent Allied occupation. Today it remains one of JapanÕs most frequently visited places. But instead of empire in its classic political sense, it now bespeaks the ambivalent dominion of the human species over the natural environment, harkening back to its imperial roots even as it asks us to question our exploitation of the planetÕs resources.

How long is The Nature of the Beasts?

The Nature of the Beasts by Ian Jared Miller is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Nature of the Beasts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The Nature of the Beasts aloud.

What Reading Level is The Nature of the Beasts?

The Nature of the Beasts 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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