Download or read book The Sociological Imagination written by Charles Wright Mills and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique, The Sociological Imagination took issue with the ascendant schools of sociology in the United States, calling for a humanist sociology connecting the social, personal, and historical dimensions of our lives. Leading sociologist Todd Gitlin brings this fortieth anniversary edition up to date with a lucid afterword in which he considers the ways social analysis has progressed since Mills first published his study in 1959. A classic in the field, this book still provides rich food for our imagination.