White Collar: The American Middle Classes 50th anniversary Edition

by C. Wright Mills (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0195157086

ISBN-10: 0195157087

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In print for fifty years, White Collar by C. Wright Mills is considered a standard on the subject of the new middle class in twentieth-century America. This landmark volume demonstrates how the conditions and styles of middle class life-originating from elements of both the newer lower and upper classes-represent modern society as a whole. By examining white-collar life, Mills aimed to learn something about what was becoming more typically "American" than the once-famous Western frontier character. He painted a picture instead of a society that had evolved into a business-based milieu, viewing America instead as a great salesroom, an enormous file, and a new universe of management. Russell Jacoby, author of The End of Utopia and The Last Intellectuals, contributes a new Afterword to this edition, in which he reflects on the impact White Collar had at its original publication and considers what it means to our society today. "A book that persons of every level of the white collar pyramid should read and ponder. It will alert them to their condition for their better salvation."-Horace M. Kaellen, The New York Times (on the first edition)

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"A book that persons of every level of the white collar pyramid should read and ponder. It will alert them to their condition for their better salvation."--Horace M. Kaellen, The New York Times (on the first edition)

About the Author

The late C. Wright Mills, former Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. His other books include The Sociological Imagination and The Power Elite (both OUP). Russell Jacoby is Professor of History at UCLA and a contributing writer to The Nation, The New York Times, and Harper's.

Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.; 50th anniversary edition (September 26, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195157087
ISBN-13: 978-0195157086
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
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Customer Reviews: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #775,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5427 in History & Theory of Politics
- #2764 in Sociology (Books)
- #11677 in Specific Demographic Studies

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Yuri Lazebnik

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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015

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a must read

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J. Bowen

Insightful Observations

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2014

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Great Book. Very insightful look into our work culture.

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dyheart

Its a good book

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2013

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I liked how it gave links to illustrate the point Mills was trying to illustrate in more detail. It was actually every Easy to follow

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Peyman ADL DOUSTI HAGH

In the Name of Iran

Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2014

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This is a sociological work. It explains that how the Middle Class is created in the US, and how it is using manipulation method to control staffs at work. In addition, C. Wright Mills claim that people are spending their leisure time to watch movies, sport entertainment, and not paying attention to reality of life. This book is pioneer for sociological understanding of our time.

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