Title Killing strangers : how political violence became modern / T.K. Wilson

Edition First edition Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- A Note on Nomenclature and Geographical Parameters -- Introduction -- I -- I I -- I I I -- IV -- Part I: The State -- Introductory Remarks -- Chapter 1: The Modern State and the Society of Hyper-Order to 1939 -- I -- I I -- I I I -- IV -- V -- Chapter 2: The Modern State and the Society of Hyper-Order from 1939 -- I -- I I -- I I I -- IV -- V -- VI -- Chapter 3: The Resources of Civilization -- I -- I I -- I I I -- IV -- Part II: Society and Technology Introductory Remarks -- Chapter 4: The Hazards of Social Rank -- I -- I I -- I I I -- Chapter 5: The Means of Destruction -- I -- I I -- I I I -- IV -- Chapter 6: Violence, Sabotage, and the Mobile Society -- I -- I I -- I I I -- Conclusion: The Relationship to Modernity -- I -- I I -- Bibliography -- Manuscript and Archival Sources -- Berlin -- London -- Brighton -- Newspaper Archives -- American Newspapers and Periodicals -- British Newspaper Archive -- Contemporary British Newspapers (c. 1989 onwards) -- French Newspapers -- Newspapers Relating to the Upper Silesian Conflict, 1918-1922 Contemporary German Periodicals -- Control Risks Archive, University of St Andrews -- Miscellaneous -- Online Media -- Film Footage -- Online Research Resources -- Online Libraries -- Online Commentary -- Printed Primary Sources -- Printed Secondary Works -- Index Summary A bewildering feature of so much contemporary political violence is its stunning impersonality, with every city centre a potential shooting gallery; every metro system a potential bomb alley. Killing Strangers explores how acts of political violence have changed over time, becoming 'unchained' from inter-personal relationships Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2020) Subject Terrorism -- History Political violence -- Social aspects Terrorism Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192608758 0192608754 9780191895876 0191895873 9780192608741 0192608746

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