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 differed
from previous generations' fears of urban riots, slave uprisings,
and mob violence. Focusing on the volatile period between the 1886
Haymarket bombing and the 1920 bombing outside J. P. Morgan's Wall
Street office, Jeffory A. Clymer argues that economic and cultural
displacements caused by the expansion of industrial capitalism
during the period directly influenced evolving ideas about
terrorism.
In "America's Culture of Terrorism," Clymer uncovers the roots
of American terrorism and its impact on American identity by
exploring the literary works of Henry James, Ida B. Wells, Jack
London, Thomas Dixon, and Covington Hall, as well as trial
transcripts, media reports, and cultural rhetoric surrounding
terrorist acts of the day. He demonstrates that the rise of mass
media and the pressures of the industrial wage-labor economy both
fueled the development of terrorism and shaped society's response
to it. His analysis not only sheds new light on American literature
and culture a century ago but also offers insights into the
contemporary understanding of terrorism.
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