How Long to Read The Sugar Masters

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sugar Masters?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Sugar Masters by Richard Follett

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

Description

Focusing on the master-slave relationship in Louisiana's antebellum sugarcane country, The Sugar Masters explores how a modern, capitalist mind-set among planters meshed with old-style paternalistic attitudes to create one of the South's most insidiously oppressive labor systems. As author Richard Follett vividly demonstrates, the agricultural paradise of Louisiana's thriving sugarcane fields came at an unconscionable cost to slaves. Thanks to technological and business innovations, sugar planters stood as models of capitalist entrepreneurship by midcentury. But above all, labor management...

How long is The Sugar Masters?

The Sugar Masters by Richard Follett is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sugar Masters Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Sugar Masters aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sugar Masters?

The Sugar Masters 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy The Sugar Masters?

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