How Long to Read What Nostalgia Was

How Long Does it Take to Read What Nostalgia Was?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read What Nostalgia Was by Thomas Dodman

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

Description

In What Nostalgia Was, historian Thomas Dodman traces the history of clinical "nostalgia" from when it was first coined in 1688 to describe deadly homesickness until the late nineteenth century, when it morphed into the benign yearning for a lost past we are all familiar with today. Dodman explores how people, both doctors and sufferers, understood nostalgia in late seventeenth-century Swiss cantons (where the first cases were reported) to the Napoleonic wars and to the French colonization of North Africa in the latter 1800s. A work of transnational scope over the longue duree, the book is an...

How long is What Nostalgia Was?

What Nostalgia Was by Thomas Dodman 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 What Nostalgia Was Aloud?

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

What Reading Level is What Nostalgia Was?

What Nostalgia Was 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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