How long does it take to read American Government?
Cal Jillson
American Government by Cal Jillson takes about 9 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 51 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1998. 537 pages, about 147,675 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 50 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
[This book] provides [an] introduction to American government that emphasizes the historical foundations of U.S. political institutions and the way they have developed in response to change. [The book] challenges students to think critically about how the American political system operates. [This] textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the 1998 mid-term elections. -Back cover.
Subjects: Politics and government, Democracy, Political culture, Polarization (social science), United states, politics and government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
