White-collar: The middle class in the United States

Author: C. Wright Mills
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Publication Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This is a work that discusses the American new middle class of the 20th century. Published in 1951, it was hailed as a "prophetic and enlightening work." In the years following its first publication, it has become a classic in the field and continues to attract new readers. As Horace M. Kallen wrote in The New York Times, it is "a book worth reading and reflecting upon for every level of the white-collar pyramid. It will enable them to better adapt to their environment." After reading this clinical report on the white-collar world—now crucial for understanding 20th-century tastes and emotions—Silvia Porter wrote in The New York Post, "This is the kind of book that has the power to stir people to painful reflection. Only a naive fool would deny the truth it contains, which is enough to make people pause and seriously contemplate and listen." C. Wright Mills, the author of this book, was a professor of sociology at Columbia University in the United States and a pioneer in critiquing contemporary American civilization. He was also the author of works such as "The Power Elite," "The Sociological Imagination," "Power, Politics, and People," and "Sociology and Pragmatism." Additionally, he co-edited and translated "Max Weber: Selections in Sociology" with H.H. Gerth.