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Free time : the forgotten American Dream / Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt.
"Hunnicutt examines the way that progress, once defined as more of the good things in life as well as more free time to enjoy them, has come to be understood only as economic growth and more work, forevermore."-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439907146 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1439907145 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781439907153 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1439907153 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781439907160 (e-book)
- ISBN: 1439907161 (e-book)
- Physical Description: xi, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The kingdom of God in America : progress as the advance of freedom -- Labor and the ten-hour system -- Walt Whitman : higher progress at mid-century -- The eight-hour day : labor from the civil war to the 1920s -- Infrastructures of freedom -- Labor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's new dream -- Challenges to full-time, full employment -- Labor turns from shorter hours to full-time, full employment -- Higher progress fades, holdouts persists -- The eclipse of higher progress and the emergence of overwork. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Hours of labor > United States. Leisure > United States. Hours of labor. Leisure. United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | HD 5124 .H86 2013 | 30775305459415 | General Collection | Available | - |