How long does it take to read The Disappearance of Childhood?
The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman takes about 3 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 177 pages, about 48,675 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed.
Subjects: Children, Children and adults, Mass media and children, Social aspects, Social aspects of Children, Television and children
