Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement And the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
- ISBN-10
- 1400033225
- ISBN-13
- 9781400033225
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 383
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- James Green
Description
A study of America's early labor movement and the 1886 Haymarket bombing at a Chicaco labor rally that killed several police officers discusses the events of the infamous attack, its sensational aftermath, and its devastating repercussions in terms of the growing union movement. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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