How long does it take to read How the Irish Became White?
Noel Ignatiev
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev takes about 5 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1995. 274 pages, about 75,350 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
How the Irish Became White explodes a number of myths surrounding race in our society. Focusing on how the Irish were assimilated as "whites" in America, Noel Ignatiev uncovers the roots of conflict between Irish Americans and African Americans and draws a powerful connection between Irish "success" in nineteenth-century American society and their embrace of white supremacy. - Jacket flap.
Subjects: Irish Americans, Politics and government, Cultural assimilation, African Americans, Relations with Irish Americans, Race relations
