Death in the Haymarket A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America

Name: Death in the Haymarket A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
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ISBN: 9780375422379

ISBN-10: 0375422374

ISBN-13: 9780375422379

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Green

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On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. Coming in the midst of the largest national strike Americans had ever seen, the bombing created mass hysteria and led to a sensational trial, which culminated in four controversial executions. The trial seized headlines across the country, created the nation’s first red scare and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover. Death in the Haymarket brings these remarkable events to life, re-creating a tempestuous moment in American social history. James Green recounts the rise of the first great labor movement in the wake of the Civil War…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/7/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584