How long does it take to read The Birth of a Consumer Society?
Neil McKendrick, Neil Dr McKendrick, John Brewer, J. H. Plumb
The Birth of a Consumer Society by Neil McKendrick, Neil Dr McKendrick, John Brewer, J. H. Plumb takes about 6 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 345 pages, about 94,875 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The thesis of the book, briefly stated, is that there was a consumer revolution in England during the 18th century, a revolution that (surprisingly) predated the advent of industrialization as well as the advent of mass production.
Subjects: Consumers, Consumption (Economics), Economic conditions, England, History, Leisure
