How Long to Read The Rural Modern

By Kate Merkel-Hess

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rural Modern?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Rural Modern by Kate Merkel-Hess

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

Description

The Rural Modern by historian Kate Merkel-Hess is the first book to discuss the importance of rural China in the nation's efforts to define itself as "modern" in the twentieth century. Discussions of modernization efforts in twentieth-century China have usually focused on modernity's manifestations--from ironworks to banking to dancehalls--in China's cities. As a result, the Communist peasant revolution appears to be a historical break. But Merkel-Hess shows that the countryside was crucial for reformers in Republican China, much before the peasant revolution of the communist period....

How long is The Rural Modern?

The Rural Modern by Kate Merkel-Hess is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Rural Modern Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read The Rural Modern aloud.

What Reading Level is The Rural Modern?

The Rural Modern 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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