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.
- ISBN10 0860919633
- ISBN13 9780860919636
- Publish Date 17 November 1989 (first published 27 March 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 400
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780860919636