Radical ambition [electronic resource] : C. Wright Mills, the left, and American social thought / Daniel Geary.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geary, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Mills, C. Wright > (Charles Wright), > 1916-1962.
Sociology > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2009 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2009 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2009 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Radical Ambition: C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: maverick on a motorcycle? The thought and times of C. Wright Mills
  • Student ambitions: the education of a social scientist
  • What is happening in the world today: Weberian sociology and radical political analysis
  • The union of the power and the intellect: the labor movement and bureau-driven social research
  • The new little men: 'white collar'
  • The politics of truth: 'the power elite' and 'the sociological imagination'
  • Worldly amibitions: the emergence of a global new left
  • Epilogue: the legacy of C. Wright Mills.