Our Own Time

A History of American Labor and the Working Day

David R Roediger, Philip S Foner

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English

Verso Books
17 November 1989

History; Sociology: work & labour; Labour economics; Time (chronology), time systems & standards

Series: Haymarket

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.

By: David R Roediger, Philip S Foner
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 584g
ISBN: 9780860919636
ISBN 10: 0860919633
Series: Haymarket
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 17 November 1989
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David R. Roediger teaches History at the University if Missouri and is co-editor of Haymarket Scrapbook. Philip S. Foner is Professor Emeritus of History at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. His numerous books include the multi-volume History of the Labor Movement.

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

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 *