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

Green, James R., 1944-

Death in the Haymarket : a story of Chicago, the first labor movement, and the bombing that divided gilded age America / James Green. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2006. - 383 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-361) and index.

For once in common front -- A paradise for workers and speculators -- We may not always be so secure -- A liberty-thirsty people -- The inevitable uprising -- The flame that makes the kettle boil -- A brutal and inventive vitality -- The international -- The great upheaval -- A storm of strikes -- A night of terror -- The strangest frenzy -- Every man on the jury was an American -- You are being weighed in the balance -- The law is vindicated -- The judgment of history.

0375422374 9780375422379

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Labor movement--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.
Working class--History--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--19th century.


Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.

HD8085.C53 / G74 2006

977.3/11041

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