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

"Exploring the intersection between Chicago's eight-hour movement and Protestant religious culture over a fifty-year span, this project considers how workers and clergy contested the religious meaning of the eight-hour system and the legitimacy of legislating limitations on overwork. Showi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mirola, William A. (William Andrew)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Protestantism and Labor Reform Movements
  • 1. A City of Industrial and Religious Extremes
  • 2. Opening Eight-Hour Protests and the 1867 Eight-Hour Law
  • 3. Eight Hours and the Financial Crisis of 1873
  • 4. Marching to Haymarket and the 1886 Eight-Hour Campaign
  • 5. A New Consciousness for Contructing a Morality of Leisure
  • 6. Shifting Eight-Hour Reform from Consciousness to Creed in the Twentieth Century
  • Conclusion: Religion and the Trajectory of Labor Reform Movements
  • Notes