White collar : the American middle classes.

This book 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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1951.
Series:Social theory.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book 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, the author 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 378 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Bibliographical references included in "Acknowledgements and sources" (p. 355-363).