Social Movements, 1768-2004

Tilly's seminal writings sparked the study of social movements and historical social change. Both domains are vividly explored in his newest book.

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Westerners invented social movements during the 18th century, but after that social movements became vehicles of popular politics across the world. By locating social movements in history, prize-winning social scientist Charles Tilly provides rich and often surprising insights into the origins of contemporary social movement practices, relations of social movements to democratization, and likely futures for social movements.