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CONTENTS List of IllustrationsxiiiPrefacexvAcknowledgmentsxviiAuthor###8217;s NotexixIntroductionxxiPart I. On the Rise: Europe, 1846###8211;188211. Personal and Private32. Positions and Persuasions14Socialist15Social Democrat18Radical Social Democrat233. Public and Polemical28Austria29Germany34Britain404. Penalty and Punishment48Officials and Police49Hearings and Trials52Jails and Prisons585. From Europe to America67ix x Contents Part II. At the Peak: Europe and America, 1882###8211;1892756. Personal and Private777. Positions and Persuasions95Social Revolutionary96Anarchist101Communist-Anarchist1078. Public and Polemical113Haymarket: Preliminary114Haymarket123Haymarket: Aftermath1309. Penalty and Punishment142Officials and Police143Hearings and Trials150Jails and Prisons15810. The World He Left Behind167Part III. In Decline: America, 1893###8211;190617511. Personal and Private17712. Positions and Persuasions186In Defense of Freedom187Fomenting the Revolution190The Good Society19513. Public and Polemical201The End of Unity202The Furor Against Anarchism208The Last Stand216Contents xi 14. Penalty and Punishment224Officials and Police225Hearings and Trials228Jails and Prisons23415. The Final Days240APPENDIX A. Chronology: Johann Most, 1846###8211;1906247APPENDIX B. The Pittsburgh Proclamation253Bibliography259Index271