It takes the average reader 6 hours and 9 minutes to read The Vanishing Irish by Timothy W. Guinnane
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population: the percentage of adults who never married soared from 10 percent to 25 percent, while the overall population decreased by one third. What accounted for this? For many social analysts, the history of post-Famine Irish depopulation was a Malthusian morality tale where declining living standards led young people to postpone marriage out of concern for their ability to support a family. The problem here, argues Timothy Guinnane, is that living standards in post-Famine...
The Vanishing Irish by Timothy W. Guinnane is 358 pages long, and a total of 92,364 words.
This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 24 minutes to read The Vanishing Irish aloud.
The Vanishing Irish is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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