The Dynamite Club : How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siècle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror / John M. Merriman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merriman, John M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Henry, Emile, 1872-1894.

Henry, Emile.

Bombings--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Bombings.

Terrorism--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Terrorism.

Anarchism--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Anarchism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Distinguished historian John Merriman maintains that the Age of Modern Terror began in Paris on February 12, 1894, when anarchist Emile Henry set off a bomb in the Café Terminus, killing one and wounding twenty French citizens. The true story of the circumstances that led a young radical to commit a cold-blooded act of violence against innocent civilians makes for riveting reading, shedding new light on the terrorist mindset and on the subsequent worldwide rise of anarchism by deed. Merriman's fascinating study of modern history's first terrorists, emboldened by the invention of dynamite, reveals much about the terror of today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Prologue: The Café Terminus

1. Light and Shadows in the Capital of Europe

2. The Exile's Second Son

3. "Love Engenders Hate"

4. Dynamite Deeds

5. Carnage at a Police Station

6. Two Bombs

7. The Trial

8. Reaction

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"with a new preface."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780300217933

0300217935

OCLC:

942753105