Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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).

Reviews

"...a rich and thoughtful book..."
History
"Tilly has provided sociologists and historians with a magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation . . . It is not often that historical scholarship is so effectively harnessed to the sociological imagination."
American Journal of Sociology
"This is a masterpiece of social movement analysis by an author at the peak of his analytical powers making full use of one of the most extensive evidence files available."
Mobilization