# Our Own Time

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- Book: [Our Own Time](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-s-foner/our-own-time) ([Our Own Time.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-s-foner/our-own-time.md))
- Authors: [Philip S. Foner](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-s-foner), [David Roediger](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-roediger)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-08-6091-963-6
- Pages: 392
- Published: 1989-11-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## 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...