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Death in the Haymarket : a story of Chicago, the first labor movement, and the bombing that divided Gilded Age America by James R Green is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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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. 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, Death in the Haymarket 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.

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Author

James R Green

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375422379

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.02 / 5 (618 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14