How long does it take to read Strangers from a Different Shore?
a history of Asian Americans
Strangers from a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki takes about 10 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1989. 570 pages, about 156,750 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ronald Takaki, an expert in Asian American history and a former Ethnic Studies professor at Berkeley, tells the story of immigrants from Asia from the spike of immigration in the mid 1800s to the restrictions placed in the late 1800s to modern day immigration. An engaging and vital overview of the field.
Subjects: Asian Americans, Immigration, Asian Immigration, History, Social conditions, Gold Rush
