How Long to Read Workers on the Waterfront

By Bruce Nelson

How Long Does it Take to Read Workers on the Waterfront?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Workers on the Waterfront by Bruce Nelson

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

Description

With working lives characterized by exploitation and rootlessness, merchant seamen were isolated from mainstream life. Yet their contacts with workers in port cities around the world imbued them with a sense of internationalism. These factors contributed to a subculture that encouraged militancy, spontaneous radicalism, and a syndicalist mood. Bruce Nelson's award-winning book examines the insurgent activity and consciousness of maritime workers during the 1930s. As he shows, merchant seamen and longshoremen on the Pacific Coast made major institutional gains, sustained a lengthy period of...

How long is Workers on the Waterfront?

Workers on the Waterfront by Bruce Nelson is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Workers on the Waterfront Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Workers on the Waterfront aloud.

What Reading Level is Workers on the Waterfront?

Workers on the Waterfront 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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