DEATH IN THE HAYMARKET(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　“Definitive. . . . Green’s dramatic narrative tells a powerful
story about injustice, passion, prejudice and fanaticism.” —The
Chicago Tribune“Though a number of prominent historians have
written about the Haymarket Affair, no one has told the story more
thoroughly, incisively and elegantly than Green. . . . He has
reconstructed both the context and the events of the Haymarket
tragedy with the fine hand of a novelist. The book is rich in plot
development and thick characterization, and its interpretations and
drama leave the reader both informed and drained.”—The San Diego
Union-Tribune“Absorbing. . . .Green . . .brings this tale to
vivid life [and] does a wonderful job of delineating the cross
currents of labor, capital, politics, and terrorism. . .
fascinating and deeply American.”—The Boston Globe“It tells
the tale with extraordinary grace. Its simplicity of expression
carries an understated dramatic charge that stays with you long
after finishing.”—The Nation

　　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.

　　James Green is a professor of history at the University of
Massachusetts Boston. He grew up outside of Chicago and now lives
with his family in Somerville, Massachusetts.