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How long does it take to read The Rise of the Creative Class?

And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

Richard Florida

The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida takes about 7 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 57 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2002. 434 pages, about 119,350 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 57 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 58 minutes

The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Here, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy. He describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant.

Subjects: Sociologi, Creative ability, Work ethic, Leisure, Social classes, united states, Technology and civilization

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