White Collar: The American Middle Classes

by C. Wright Mills

Book Overview

Now a standard on the subject of the new middle class in twentieth-century America, this 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195006771
• ISBN13: 9780195006773
• Release Date: December 1956
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Timeless

C. Wright Mills classic treastise on white collar jobs in middle class America is as concise today as it was 50 years ago. His incisive summations on capitalism are true to their word, the current actions by corporate America happened then and once again history repeats itself. A must read for Sociology and Business students as a cornerstone for the corportate world.