{"product_id":"work-without-end-abandoning-shorter-hours-for-the-right-to-work-paperback-softback-9780877227632","title":"Work Without End; Abandoning Shorter Hours for the Right to Work (Paperback \/ softback) 9780877227632","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWork Without End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAbandoning Shorter Hours for the Right to Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Hunnicutt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780877227632\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 May 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e3 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.738 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"An extraordinarily informative scholarly history of the debate over working hours from 1920 to 1940.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eWork Without End\u003ci\u003e presents a compelling history of the rise and fall of the 40-hour work week, explains bow Americans became trapped in a prison of work that allows little room for family, bobbies or civic participation and suggests bow they can free themselves from relentless overwork. [This book] is a sober reconsideration of a topic that is critical to America’s future. It suggests that progress doesn’t mean much if there is not time for love as well as work, and liberation is an empty achievement if the work it frees one to do is truly without end.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Hunnicutt, with this excellent book, becomes the first United States historian to examine fully why this momentous change occurred.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTracing the political, intellectual, and social dialogues that changed the American concept of progress in terms of labor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584765882648,"sku":"9780877227632","price":21.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/work-without-end-abandoning-shorter-hours-for-the-right-to-work-paperback-softback-9780877227632","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}