It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read The Savage Wars of Peace by Alan Macfarlane
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine, and disease in the last 300 years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as the destruction of war, decline of famine, importance of certain drinks (especially tea), the use of human excrement, and the effects of housing, clothing, and bathing on human health. It also shows how the English and Japanese controlled fertility through marriage and sexual patterns, biological and contraceptive factors, abortion, and...
The Savage Wars of Peace by Alan Macfarlane is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.
This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read The Savage Wars of Peace aloud.
The Savage Wars of Peace is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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