num_pages: 380
description: 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.
language: English
title: Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day
titlecomplete: Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day
genres: Labor, Nonfiction, American History, Economics, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 5
series: Contributions in Labor Studies, The Haymarket Series
publisher: Verso Books