Explanation:

- Option 1: John H. Goldthorpe is a well-known sociologist, but he did not write "White Collar: American Middle Class."

- Option 2: William Foote Whyte is famous for "Street Corner Society," focusing on the social structure of urban neighborhoods, not the middle class.

- Option 3: Barbara Wooten was a British economist and criminologist, not connected to "White Collar: American Middle Class."

- Option 4: C. Wright Mills is the actual author of "White Collar: The American Middle Classes," which analyzes the rise and impact of white-collar workers in modern America.