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Target markets : international terrorism meets global capitalism in the mall /
This ground-breaking book explores the points of convergence between corporate capitalism and terrorist practice. Assessing the increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed against commercial entities in urban areas, such as the Westgate mall in Nairobi or the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld : Qatar :
Transcript ; Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Culture & theory.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This ground-breaking book explores the points of convergence between corporate capitalism and terrorist practice. Assessing the increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed against commercial entities in urban areas, such as the Westgate mall in Nairobi or the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, Suzi Mirgani offers a fascinating and disturbing perspective on the spaces where supposedly oppositional ends of the spectrum meet on common ground. How is it that these urban commercial spaces provide ground zero for a conference between the most powerful forces of contemporary culture: the most mainstream and the most extreme? |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (197 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-197). |
| ISBN: | 9783839433522 3839433525 3837633527 9783837633528 |