Death in the Haymarket: a story of Chicago, the first labor movement and the bombing that divided gilded age America
"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...
Main Author: | Green, James |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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New York
2006
Anchor Books |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19184710124919029929-Death-in-the-Haymarket-a-story.htm |
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