EDITOR'S PREFACE.

The article discusses the collected papers of C. Wright Mills. In preparing the collected papers of C. Wright Mills for publication the author has been guided by one central principle: to keep himself from interfering in the two-way communication between author and reader. The outstanding difference from the original, is the replacement of sub-headings, with a uniform system of Roman numerals -- signifying different sections of a particular paper. In large measure, Mills himself used this as a designation, so that the number of places where even subheadings were deleted was comparatively small. The titles of each essay have been left intact. In a few places it was necessary to subtract or add a word, but the title of each paper can be checked against the title listings in the bibliography for an indication of any changes. Mills, in his long career, did a number of "topical" pieces which have no clear relevance for the present, and which he himself would have unquestionably excluded from any collection of his essays.