Dr. Thomas Burr
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SOC 398.006 Professional Practice:Internship In Sociological Research
SOC 270.001 Sociological Theory
SOC 195.001 Sociology of Popular Culture
SOC 291.004 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Sociology-Anthropology
Teaching Interests & Areas
Global and comparative historical sociology; sociology of culture; economic sociology; global development; research methodology
Research Interests & Areas
Global and comparative history; macrosociology; consumer markets; economic development; bicycle history
Ph D Sociology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
MA Sociology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
MA History
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
MA International Relations
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
BA Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Book Review
Barry Rodrigue, Leonid Grinin and Andrey Korotayev, <i>From Big Bang to Galactic Civilizations: A Big History Anthology (3 Volumes)</i>
Thomas C Burr.
(2024), 39, 202-204, 10.1177/02685809241237048a, International Sociology Reviews
Book, Authored
Societies Past and Present: A Social Science World History
Thomas C Burr.
(2025), Springer
Encyclopedia
Commodity Chains.
Thomas Burr.
Wiley-Blackwell, (2015)
Journal Article
Innovation in Consumer Markets: French and American Bicycles, 1860s-1920s
Thomas Burr.
Industry and Innovation, 21 (6), 513-531, (2014)
Innovation in Consumer Markets: French and American Bicycles, 1860s–1920s
Thomas C Burr.
Industry and Innovation, 21 (6), 513-531, (2014), 10.1080/13662716.2014.985456
Making Distribution Markets: Market-Wide Institutions in French and American Bicycle Distribution, 1865-1914
Thomas Burr.
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 73 (1), 178-209, (2014), 10/1111/ajes.12064
Market Cycles: Bicycles, Riders, Industries, and Environments in France and the United States, 1865-1914
Thomas Burr.
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 72 (2), (2013)
Market-widening: Shaping total market demand for French and American bicycles circa 1890
Thomas Burr.
Marketing Theory, (2013), 10.1177/1470593113497741
National Market Communities: Bicycle Use and Civil Society in France and the United States, 1867-1914.
Thomas Burr.
Consumption, Markets and Culture, 15 (1), 63-85, (2011)
The Problem of Order in the Global Age: Systems and Mechanisms
Thomas Burr.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 39 (1), 75-76, (2010), 10.1177/0094306109356659pp
Building Community, Legitimating Consumption: Creating the U.S. Bicycle Market, 1876-1884
Thomas C Burr.
Socio-Economic Review, 4 (3), 417-446, (2006)
Review: Knowledge and Economic Conduct: The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy
Thomas Burr.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 33 (1), 41-43, (2004), 10.1177/009430610403300125
Presentations
How Do Social Scientists Use Secondary Historical Sources as Data?
Thomas C Burr.
5th Forum, Rabat, Morocco, July 10, 2025
Secondary Historical Sources: A Need for Methodological Standards.
Thomas C Burr.
Midwest Sociological Society conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 15, 2025
Secondary Historical Sources: Debates and Problems
Thomas C Burr.
International Big History Association conference, Norman, Oklahoma, June 30, 2024
Big Human History: Synthesizing Evolutionary Ideas from the Social Sciences
Thomas C Burr.
International Big History Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16, 2016
Post -Production Roundtable
William McBride, Lori Adams, Brian Rejack, Thomas Burr.
Pride & Prejudice Post-Production Panel Discussion, Illinois State University’s Center for Performing Arts, March 29, 2015
Trade Shows as Market Governance Institutions
Thomas Burr.
Post-Keynesian International Conference annual meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, September 27, 2012
Consumer-Mediated Design Ferment: French and American Bicycles, 1892-1914
Thomas Burr.
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, August 17, 2012
Varieties of Capitalist Consumption: National Taste Regimes
Thomas Burr.
Consumer Studies Research Network pre-conference, Denver, Colorado, August 16, 2012
The French Velocipede Industry of the Early 1870s: Analysis and Further Questions
Thomas Burr.
International Cycle History Conference annual meeting, Roeselare, Belgium, May 22, 2012
Governing the Trade: Bicycle Distribution in France and the United States, 1865-1914.
Thomas Burr.
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 20, 2011
Spectacular Market Growth: Macrosocial Promotional Spectacles Influencing Total Market Demand
Thomas Burr.
Consumer Studies Research Network pre-conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 19, 2011
Consumer Support Institutions in Consumer Markets: Bicycle Use and Civil Society in France and the United States, 1867-1914
Thomas Burr.
American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California, August 10, 2009
Informal Industry Institutions: The Industry Press, Trade Shows, and Professional Associations in the Bicycle Industries of France and the United States, ~1880-1914
Thomas Burr.
Social Science History Association annual meeting, Miami, Florida, October 25, 2008
Bicycle Industry Institutions in France and the United States in the Late Nineteenth Century
Thomas Burr.
International Cycle History Conference annual meeting, Saint-Etienne, France, June 27, 2008
The Cycling Press as Consumer Support: Bicycle Consumers and Publications in France and the United States in the Late Nineteenth Century
Thomas Burr.
Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, March 28, 2008
National Associations as Consumer Market Support: National Bicycle Organizations in Britain, France, and the United States in the Late Nineteenth Century
Thomas Burr.
Illinois Sociological Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 2007
National Cycle Organizations in Britain, France, and the United States
Thomas Burr.
International Cycle History Conference, Tampere, Finland, August 2, 2007
American Collapse, French Expansion, 1890 1910
Thomas Burr.
International Cycle History Conference, Davis, California, September 8, 2005
The Cycle of Commerce: Producers and Consumers in Markets.
Thomas Burr.
American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, California, August, 2004
Different Markets: The Divergence of the French and American Bicycle Markets, 1894 (1899)-1910
Thomas Burr.
World History Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June, 2003
The Global Bicycle Boom of the 1890s
Thomas Burr.
All-UC World History Conference, Santa Cruz, California, May, 2001
Conceptualizations of World History: Globalization, World System Theory and the One Humanity
Thomas Burr.
“Globalities and Marginalities: Perspectives on Boundaries and Identities in the Early Modern and Modern World”, Riverside, California, April, 1997