How long does it take to read Original Meanings?
Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
Jack N. Rakove
Original Meanings by Jack N. Rakove takes about 8 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 17 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 452 pages, about 124,300 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has comprehended its meaning best? Jack Rakove, professor of history at Stanford University, now approaches the debates surrounding the framing and ratification of the Constitution from the vantage point of history, examining the personal influences the various framers, especially James Madison, exerted over the process.From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects: Constitutional history, Constitutional law, Interpretation and construction, History, Nonfiction, Grondwetten
