Sociologist, born in Lombard, Illinois, USA. He studied at Harvard and taught at institutions including the University of Michigan (196984) and the New School for Social Research (1984), where he directed the Center for Studies of Social Change. He combined sociological, political, and historical analysis in his studies of early capitalism, war, and social action. His works include The Contentious French (1986).
Tilly attended school at Harvard and Oxford before teaching at University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, University of Michigan, the New School, and Columbia
University, where he now is the Joseph L.
Bibliography
From Mobilization to Revolution (1978)
Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons (1984)
The Contentious French (1986)
Coercion, Capital, and European States,
AD 990-1992 (1990)
European Revolutions, 1492–1992 (1993)
Cities and the Rise of States in Europe, A.D. 1000 to 1800 (1994)
Roads from Past to Future (1997)
Work Under
Capitalism (with Chris Tilly, 1998)
Durable Inequality (1998)
Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies (1998)
Contention & Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000
(2004)
Social Movements, 1768-2004 (2004)
From Contentions to Democracy (2005)
..Identities, Boundaries, and Social Ties (2005)
Trust and Rule (2005)
Why?
(2006)
Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis (2006)
Contentious Politics (with Sidney Tarrow, 2006)
Regimes and Repertoires (2006)
User Comments Add a comment…