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Death in the Haymarket
- Author
- James Green
- Narrator
- Joel Richards
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 March 2019
- Run Time
- 12 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 Green
- Narrator
- Joel Richards
- Duration
- 12 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 March 2019
- ISBN
- 9781977340993
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, History of the Americas, Local history, Industrial arbitration and negotiation, Trade unions, Politics and government, Terrorism, armed struggle, True crime
Synopsis
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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