White Collar: The American Middle Classes

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"White Collar: The American Middle Classes" is a seminal sociological study by C. Wright Mills that analyzes the rise, work lives, and social character of white-collar workers in mid-20th-century America.

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instanceOf book
sociological study
academicDiscipline sociology
analyzes bureaucrats
middle managers
office workers
salesmen
author C. Wright Mills NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes growth of large corporations
shift from independent to salaried employment
standardization of work life
examines mass culture and its effects on the middle class
relationship between work and personality
status and prestige in middle-class occupations
focusesOn alienation of office workers
bureaucratic control in modern society
impact of large organizations on individuals
rise of white-collar employment
social character of white-collar workers
status anxiety in the middle class
work lives of salaried employees
followedBy The Power Elite NERFINISHED
genre social science
sociology
hasInfluenced class analysis in the United States
critical social theory
sociology of work
isConsidered classic of 20th-century sociology
seminal work in the sociology of the middle class
language English
mainSubject American middle class
bureaucracy
class structure in the United States
social stratification
white-collar workers
work and occupations
notableFor early analysis of the modern American middle class
linking personal troubles of workers to broader social structures
partOf C. Wright Mills's body of critical sociology
perspective critical sociological perspective
publicationDate 1951
publisher Oxford University Press
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriodDescribed mid-20th century
post-World War II era

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C. Wright Mills notableWork White Collar: The American Middle Classes