It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming by Howard Dick
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Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of revenue farming, traces the changing fortunes of the Chinese businessmen who held the major farms, and uses the study of revenue farming to examine the emergence of the modern state in Southeast Asia.
The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming by Howard Dick is 309 pages long, and a total of 80,031 words.
This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming aloud.
The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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