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Explore 24 books like The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills — a handpicked selection united by Poverty & Homelessness, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology, and Social Science.

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People Like Me Winner of the Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year — Lynn Ruane

People Like Me Winner of the Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Other America — Michael Harrington

The Other America

Michael Harrington

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Divided The Perils of Our Growing Inequality — David Cay Johnston

Divided The Perils of Our Growing Inequality

David Cay Johnston

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Winners Take All The Elite Charade of Changing the World — Anand Giridharadas

Winners Take All The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Anand Giridharadas

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Street Kids Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York’s Streets — Kristina E. Gibson

Street Kids Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York’s Streets

Kristina E. Gibson

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Road to Wigan Pier — George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Heartland A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth — Sarah Smarsh

Heartland A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City — Matthew Desmond

Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Unsheltered Love Homelessness, Hunger and Hope in a City Under Siege — Traci Medford-Rosow

Unsheltered Love Homelessness, Hunger and Hope in a City Under Siege

Traci Medford-Rosow

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Alienated America Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse — Timothy P. Carney

Alienated America Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse

Timothy P. Carney

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Just Managing? What it Means for the Families of Austerity Britain — Mark O’Brien

Just Managing? What it Means for the Families of Austerity Britain — Mark O’Brien

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion Policy, Poverty, and Parenting — John Welshman

From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion Policy, Poverty, and Parenting

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Poverty and Welfare in America Examining the Facts — David Wagner

Poverty and Welfare in America Examining the Facts

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Right to be Counted The Urban Poor and the Politics of Resettlement in Delhi — Sanjeev Routray

The Right to be Counted The Urban Poor and the Politics of Resettlement in Delhi

Sanjeev Routray

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Hillbilly Elegy [movie Tie-In] A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis — J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy [movie Tie-In] A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The No-nonsense Guide to Equality — Daniel Dorling

The No-nonsense Guide to Equality

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Sociological Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Populations — Ladislaus Semali

Sociological Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Populations

Ladislaus Semali

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America — Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Widening Gap Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain — Mary Shaw

The Widening Gap Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Class A Guide Through the American Status System — Paul Fussell

Class A Guide Through the American Status System

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Fight to Save the Town Reimagining Discarded America — Michelle Wilde Anderson

The Fight to Save the Town Reimagining Discarded America

Michelle Wilde Anderson

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Invisible Child Poverty, Survival and Hope in New York City — Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child Poverty, Survival and Hope in New York City

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The Other Paris — Luc Sante

The Other Paris

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis — J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Themes: Poverty & Homelessness • Social Classes & Economic Disparity • Sociology

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Poverty & Homelessness, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology — the same threads that run through The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills. Among the authors featured: Lynn Ruane, Michael Harrington, David Cay Johnston, Anand Giridharadas, and others.

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