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<p>On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a blow to the labor movement from which it would take decades to recover. Historian James Green recounts the rise of the first great labor movement in the wake of the Civil War and brings to life an epic twenty-year struggle for the eight-hour workday. Blending a gripping narrative, outsized characters and a panoramic portrait of a major social movement, <i>Death in the Haymarket</i> is an important addition to the history of American capitalism and a moving story about the class tensions at the heart of Gilded Age America.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>As Green thoroughly documents, the bloody Haymarket riot of May 4, 1886, changed the history of American labor and created a panic among Americans about (often foreign-born) "radicals and reformers" and union activists. The Haymarket demonstration, to protest police brutality during labor unrest in Chicago, remained peaceful until police moved in, whereupon a bomb was thrown b

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Author

James Green, James R. Green, James R. Green, James Green

Publisher

New York: Anchor Books

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400033225

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Management, History

Rating

4.02 / 5 (618 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14