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Contentious Repertoires in Great Britain, 1758–1834

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Charles Tilly
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A quick comparison of characteristic British struggles in 1758 and 1833 will show how greatly the predominant forms of popular collective action changed during the intervening 75 years. That change sets a research problem that I have been pursuing for many years: documenting, and trying to explain, changes in the ways that people act together in pursuit of shared interests—changes in repertoires of collective action. This interim report has two complementary objectives: first, to situate the evolving concept of repertoire in my own work and in recent studies of collective action; second, to illustrate its applications to the experience of Great Britain from the 1750s to the 1830s. It will do no more than hint, however, at explanations of the changes it documents.

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Special Section: Historical Perspectives on Social Movements (part 1)
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Social Science History , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , Summer 1993 , pp. 253 - 280
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1993 

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