| Social Movements, 1768-2008 Contributor(s): Tilly, Charles (Author), Wood, Lesley J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594516111 ISBN-13: 9781594516115 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This expanded second edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed 2004 book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as immigrants' rights, new media technologies, anti-Olympic organizing in China, new mobilizations against the Iraq War, and the role of bloggers and Facebook in social movement activities. Coverage of these and other recent events serve to expand further the book's seminal theorizing and conceptualization of how social movements grew from eighteenth-century Europe to eventually fuel popular movements all over the world.To view Power Point slides of the last undergraduate course of Charles Tilly (with Ernesto Castaneda) in Spring 2007, which are related to his Paradigm book with Sidney Tarrow, "Contentious Politics," please click here. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Human Rights - History - Social Science | Sociology - Social Theory |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2008039379 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This expanded second edition of Tilly's widely acclaimed 2004 book brings this analytical history of social movements fully up to date. Tilly and Wood cover such recent topics as immigrants' rights, new media technologies, anti-Olympic organizing in China, new mobilizations against the Iraq War, and the role of bloggers and Facebook in social movement activities. Coverage of these and other recent events serve to expand further the book's seminal theorizing and conceptualization of how social movements grew from eighteenth-century Europe to eventually fuel popular movements all over the world. |