How long does it take to read Korea's Place in the Sun?
A Modern History
Bruce Cumings
Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings takes about 9 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 41 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 528 pages, about 145,200 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 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Bruce Cumings's rich narrative focuses on Korea's fractured, shattered, twentieth-century history. In 1910 Korea lost its centuries-old independence, and it remained an exploited colony of Japan until 1945. Then came national division, political turmoil, a devastating war, and the death and dislocation of millions, all of which left Korea still divided and in desperate poverty. Its recovery and spectacular growth over the next generation is one of this century's most remarkable achievements. Cumings provides a compelling account of Korea's travails and triumphs in the modern period.
Subjects: History, Korea, history, Politics and government, World politics
