charles tilly

Democracy identifies the general processes causing democratization and de-democratization at a national level across the world over the last few hundr

'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation...It is not o

Offering a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds, this book demon

This work tackles fundamental questions about personal, political and national identities and their linkage to processes of political and social chang

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Offering a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds, this book demon

'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation...It is not o

In his eye-opening book Why?, world-renowned social scientist Charles Tilly exposed some startling truths about the excuses people make and the reason

This work tackles fundamental questions about personal, political and national identities and their linkage to processes of political and social chang

Between 1750 and 1840 ordinary British people abandoned such time-honored forms of protest as collective seizures of grain, the sacking of buildings,

A study of social inequality, this text asks how long-lasting inequalities in life chances arise, and how they come to distinguish members of differen

Offers innovative analytical approaches and methods applicable in a wide range of disciplines: politics, sociology, anthropology, history and economic

Built upon decades of experience at the frontiers of history and social science, Charles Tilly's newest book offers innovative methods and approaches

The nine papers in this volume examine the historical experience of particular populations in Western Europe and North America in a search for the pro

A time machine repairman becomes trapped in a time loop of his own making With only TAMMY - a slightly tearful computer with self-esteem issues - a s

The 1854 text, edited by Sylvère Monod, is accompanied here by explanatory footnotes. Contextual pieces by critics and theorists of Dickens’ time brin

As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada a

Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm.

After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver Twist finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memora

‘Lewinsky laat met pure, bruisende creativiteit zien hoe fataal en onverbeterlijk de mens steeds weer zijn innerlijke duivel de vrije loop laat.’ – F