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.
Philip S. Foner wrote chapter 11, David R. Roediger wrote the rest of the book.
"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
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