Class Conflict and Collective Action

Download or read book Class Conflict and Collective Action written by Louise Tilly and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1981-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume present the view that such collective actions as riots, protests, strikes and rebellions are coherent, if often unsuccessful attempts by working class people to defend or advance well-defined interests. Using as examples a series of case studies from 18th, 19th and 20th century Europe, the contributors present a new perspective on worker reactions to the strategies of the elite. '...the book and its argument are interesting, and the explicitness with which all the authors set up and investigate their hypotheses makes this an excellent collection for use on historical methods courses.' -- Urban History Yearbook 1983