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Question
(p. 69) Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw American society as a pyramid of power and status. The base of the pyramid was composed of:
A. a mass of powerless citizens.
B. a large elite in command of the economic, political, and military domains.
C. a big group of lieutenants who carried out the elite's policies.
D. professional managers of corporations, politicians beholden to the elite for their election, and bureaucrats appointed by the politicians.
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