Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day - Philip S. Foner and David R. Roediger by Working Class History | Shop
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“Crucial reading ... for all those who have ever punched a clock.”—International Labor and Working Class History
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.
Reviews
“This definitive study of the working day shows how workers defined the reality of their lives and reshaped our concept of time.”
– George P. Rawick
“This groundbreaking book ... is crucial reading not only for labor historians but for all those who have ever punched a clock.”
– Elizabeth McKillen,International Labor and Working Class History
“Roediger and Foner show us once again that people want to work to live, not live to work.”
– James Green
“Shows that shorter hours captured the imagination and aspirations of the worker not only in his or her role as worker but also as citizen, consumer, leisure-seeker and family member.”
– Rose Feurer,Labor Studies Journal
Author: Philip S. Foner and David R. Roediger Publisher: Verso ISBN: 9780860919636 Published: 11/1989 Format: Paperback Page count: 400
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Fulfilled by our friends at Working Class History | Shop
Available with shipping in the US and UK only.
“Crucial reading ... for all those who have ever punched a clock.”—International Labor and Working Class History
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.
Reviews
“This definitive study of the working day shows how workers defined the reality of their lives and reshaped our concept of time.”
– George P. Rawick
“This groundbreaking book ... is crucial reading not only for labor historians but for all those who have ever punched a clock.”
– Elizabeth McKillen,International Labor and Working Class History
“Roediger and Foner show us once again that people want to work to live, not live to work.”
– James Green
“Shows that shorter hours captured the imagination and aspirations of the worker not only in his or her role as worker but also as citizen, consumer, leisure-seeker and family member.”
– Rose Feurer,Labor Studies Journal
Author: Philip S. Foner and David R. Roediger Publisher: Verso ISBN: 9780860919636 Published: 11/1989 Format: Paperback Page count: 400
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