America's Culture of Terrorism: Violence, Capitalism, and the Written Word
- ISBN-10
- 0807854603
- ISBN-13
- 9780807854600
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 277
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Jeffory A. Clymer
Description
Although the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 shocked the world, America has in fact confronted terrorism for well over a century. With the invention of dynamite in 1866, Americans began to worry about anonymous acts of mass violence in a way that d
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