It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Uncertainties of Empire by Anthony Pagden
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The essays in this book are concerned with the intellectual development of the Spanish Empire in America from 1492 until Independence in the 1820s. The first section deals with the creation of a powerful language of natural law in the 16th and 17th centuries. The second explores the ways in which this was used to account for, and to deprecate, the cultures of the Native Americas. The final section traces the emergence of Enlightenment modes of approaching the subject of âe~Othersâe(tm), both in Europe and the New World, and charts the emergence of a separate cultural identity among the creole...
The Uncertainties of Empire by Anthony Pagden is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.
This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Uncertainties of Empire aloud.
The Uncertainties of Empire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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