Limit this search to....

Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
Contributor(s): Green, James (Author)
ISBN: 1400033225     ISBN-13: 9781400033225
Publisher: Anchor Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2007
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 977.311
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.17" W x 8.02" (0.82 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Locality - Chicago, Illinois
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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.