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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809514803321

Autore

Messer-Kruse Timothy

Titolo

The Haymarket conspiracy : transatlantic anarchist networks / / Timothy Messer-Kruse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-60900-2

9786613921451

0-252-09414-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

The working class in American history

Disciplina

977.3/11041

Soggetti

Anarchists - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century

Conspiracies - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century

Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Conspiracy -- From Red to Black -- The Black International -- Dynamite -- Anarchists, Trade Unions, and the Eight-Hour Day -- From Eight Hours to Revolution -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This title traces the evolution of revolutionary anarchist ideas in Europe and their migration to the United States in the 1880's. The study thoroughly debunks the dominant narrative through which most historians interpret the Haymarket Bombing and Trial of 1886-87.