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There is a Gunman on Campus: Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Contributor(s): Agger, Ben (Editor), Luke, Timothy W. (Editor), Aronowitz, Stanley (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 0742561305     ISBN-13: 9780742561304
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE: $54.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers
Dewey: 364.152
LCCN: 2007050907
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.3" W x 8.9" L (0.91 lbs) 276 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 187
Choice 04/01/2009
 
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Publisher Description:
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades from memory, and we move on to the next thing before understanding why it commanded our attention and how our world was changed. On April 16, 2007, such an event occurred on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. That day a student killed 32 of his classmates and professors and then turned the gun on himself. The media focused their power and our attention on the campus, the students and faculty of Virginia Tech, and the gunman and his victims. But we have yet to understand fully what happened in Blacksburg. There is a Gunman on Campus brings our thoughts back to the shocking campus shootings and the public reactions to the event, shining needed light on what occurred at the university, how American society reacted, and how it all fits into contemporary culture. The contributors to this insightful and compelling volume preserve and deepen our memory of April 16th. Many of the authors are distinguished men and women of letters, and some were on the Virginia Tech campus the day when the shots rang out. From the psychology of the shooter to the role of media in covering the event to parallels to other American tragedies such as Columbine, the chapters constitute an incisive portrait of early 21st century America.

Contributor Bio(s): Ayers, William: - educational theorist, author, and distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago
 
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