1: From Mutiny to Mass Mobilization; 2: Contention under a Magnifying Glass; 3: Capital, State, and Class in Britain, 1750–1840; 4: Wilkes, Gordon, and Popular Vengeance, 1758–1788; 5: Revolution, War, and Other Struggles, 1789–1815; 6: State, Class, and Contention, 1816–1827; 7: Struggle and Reform, 1828–1834; 8: From Donkeying to Demonstrating
Charles Tilly, Columbia University, is one of the premier sociologists of our time. Among his 50 highly influential books are Contentious Politics (Paradigm 2006) and Trust and Rule (Cambridge University Press 2005).
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History
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Mobilization
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