Redeeming Time: Protestantism and Chicago's Eight-Hour Movement, 1866-1912

by William A. Mirola

During the struggle for the eight-hour workday and a shorter workweek, Chicago emerged as an important battleground for workers in the entire civilized world to redeem time from the workplace in order to devote it to education, civic duty, health, family, and leisure.

William A. Mirola explores how the city's eight-hour movement intersected with a Protestant religious culture that supported long hours to keep workers from idleness, intemperance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252038835
• ISBN13: 9780252038839
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"