Until the late 1800s, people worked six days a week, with Sunday their day of rest -- and in many places, church. The idea of a weekend as two very different days “in which we can do what we please” was lovingly chronicled by Witold Rybczynski in Waiting for the Weekend.
Weekends Weren't Always Weekends
Weekends Weren't Always Weekends
Until the late 1800s, people worked six days a week, with Sunday their day of rest -- and in many places, church. The idea of a weekend as two very different days “in which we can do what we please” was lovingly chronicled by Witold Rybczynski in Waiting for the Weekend.