Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day

Our Own Time retells the story of American labor by focusing on the politics of time and the movements for a shorter working day. It argues that the length of the working day has been the central issue for the American labor movement during its most vigorous periods of activity, uniting workers along lines of craft, gender and ethnicity. The authors hold that the workweek is likely again to take on increased significance as workers face the choice between a society based on free time and one based on alienated work and unemployment.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/17/1989
ISBN: 9780860919636
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d