How long does it take to read The Art of Not Being Governed?
An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott takes about 8 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 6 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2009. 442 pages, about 121,550 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 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Politics and government, Rural conditions, Peasantry, Ethnology, Political activity, Peasants
