How long does it take to read The Organic Machine?
The Organic Machine by Richard White takes about 2 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 23 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 130 pages, about 35,750 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In The Organic Machine, Richard White, a distinguished historian and leading scholar of the American West, explores the intimate relationship between nature and mankind along the Columbia River. Working on the cutting edge of environmental and social history, White demonstrates how, over the centuries, both native peoples and settlers have continually remade the river, treating it as a machine designed to churn out energy and sustenance. He assesses the impact on the Northwest ecology of enterprises that have marked the river's history, from salmon fishing to the Hanford Energy Works nuclear plant, and eloquently reveals the insights and illusions of those who work with the river.
Subjects: Effect of environment on, Human beings, History, Effect of human beings on, Nature, Columbia river and valley
