Death in the Haymarket : a story of Chicago, the first labor movement, and the bombing that divided Gilded Age America /

Death in the Haymarket : a story of Chicago, the first labor movement, and the bombing that divided Gilded Age America /

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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...

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Main Author: Green, James R., 1944-2016
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.
Labor movement > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Social conflict > United States > History > 19th century.
Working class > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Labor movement.
Social conditions
Social conflict.
Working class.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Illinois > Chicago.
United States.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT (1 user limit)

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