Over the years Charles Tilly has had an indelible influence on a
remarkable number of key questions in social sciences and history. In
the fields of social change, states and institutions, urbanization, and
historical sociology, his seminal work has spawned whole new lines of
inquiry and research. In one volume, this book offers the best and most
influential of Tilly's work, with a new introduction by the author that
relates his analyses to a wide body of scholarship. The book also
includes a review and critique by Arthur L. Stinchcombe.