The subject is whether or not ＂everything changed＂ after the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, September 2011. The media repeated this litany, and popular consensus is that indeed
the attack marks a significant ＂before＂ and ＂after＂ in American culture. This collection of 19 contributions closely investigates the complexities of both the claim and the reality. The three
editors (U. of Bonn, Germany) are Europe-based American studies scholars as are many of the contributors; others are scholars of international relations, political economics, Arabic politics,
Islam, and theology, and there’s a visual artist and a theologian in the mix. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliography. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
