It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914 by Dr Simon Sleight
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Baby booms have a long history. In 1870, colonial Melbourne was ‘perspiring juvenile humanity’ with an astonishing 42 per cent of the city’s inhabitants aged 14 and under - a demographic anomaly resulting from the gold rushes of the 1850s. Within this context, Simon Sleight enters the heated debate concerning the future prospects of ‘Young Australia’ and the place of the colonial child within the incipient Australian nation. Looking beyond those institutional sites so often assessed by historians of childhood, he ranges across the outdoor city to chart the relationship between a discourse...
Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914 by Dr Simon Sleight is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914 aloud.
Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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