How long does it take to read Sundown Towns?
A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Sundown Towns by James W. Loewen takes about 10 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 576 pages, about 158,400 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Investigates segregation practices in the northern sections of twentieth-century America revealing how racial exclusion and oppression persisted into the contemporary era, in an account that challenges modern beliefs about race and racism.
Subjects: Race relations, Cities and towns, Local History, Racism, Discrimination in housing, Suburbs
