Wright Mills's White Collar and The Power Elite both argued that __________
A) American workers had voluntarily submitted to repressive domination by a small group of leaders
B) corporate workers successfully maintained their individuality in the workplace
C) corporate conformity was evidence of Soviet infiltration of American society
D) American business had no room for mindless conformists
Answer: A
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a. the destruction of much of Edinburgh. b. a great loss of morale for the British. c. the German abandonment of invasion plans. d. the collapse of the Chamberlain administration.
The Toba were a __________
A) Mongolian nomadic tribe that conquered northern China B) Mongolian nomadic tribe that invaded Korea C) Japanese royal family that tried to forge an alliance with the Mongols D) Chinese family that battled the Xiongnu for control
The ostentatious costumes worn by guests, such as the one in the picture above, to Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt's 1883 extravagant ball reveals what sociologist Thorstein Veblen referred to as __________
A) "gilded wealth" B) the gold standard C) "conspicuous consumption" D) the "New Woman"
According to scholars, the flood of precious New World metals into Spain is responsible for all of the following except
a. the ballooning of the European money supply. b. the foundations of the modern commercial banking system. c. the growth of capitalism as an economic system. d. a price revolution that dramatically decreased consumer costs. e. the spread of commerce and manufacturing.