Our own time: a history of American labor and the working day

Abstract

Preface Time, Republicanism, and Merchant Capitalism: The Consciousness of Hours before 1830 Shorter Hours and the Transformation of American Labor, 1830-1842 Mill Women and the Working Day, 1842-1850 Hours, Labor Protest, and Party Politics in the 1850s The Civil War and the Birth of the Eight-Hour Movement Victory, Defeat, and New Alliances, 1867-1879 Haymarket and Its Context The Rightward Drift of the AFL and the Temporary Decline of the Hours Issue, 1887-1908 Class, Reform, and War: The Working Day from 1907 to 1918 Trade Unionism, Hours, and Workers' Control in the Postwar United States The Great Depression, the New Deal, and Shorter Hours The Hours Statement since 1939 Bibliographic Essay Index

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