Toffler, Alvin
The third wave / Alvin Toffler - New York : William Morrow, c1980 - xv, 537 pages; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents: A collision of waves --- 1. Super-Struggle --- The second wave --- 2. The architecture of civilization --- 3. The invisible wedge --- 4. Breaking the code --- 5. The technicians of power --- 6. The hidden blueprint ---7. A frenzy of nations --- 8. The imperial drive --- 9. Indust-reality --- 10. Coda: the flash flood --- The third wave --- 11. The new synthesis --- 12. The commanding heights --- 13. De-massifying the media --- 14. The intelligent environment --- 15. Beyond mass production --- 16. The electronic cottage --- 17. Families of the future --- 18. The corporate identity crisis --- 19. Decoding the new rules --- 20. The rise of the prosumer --- 21. The mental maelstrom --- 22. The crack-up of the nation --- 23. Gandhi with satellites --- 24. Coda: the great confluence --- Conclusion --- 25. The new psycho-sphere --- 26. The personality of the future --- 27. The political mausoleum --- 28. Twenty-first century democracy
English
0553246984 [newsprint]
Social history--1945-
Social change.
Civilization, Modern--1950-
The third wave / Alvin Toffler - New York : William Morrow, c1980 - xv, 537 pages; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents: A collision of waves --- 1. Super-Struggle --- The second wave --- 2. The architecture of civilization --- 3. The invisible wedge --- 4. Breaking the code --- 5. The technicians of power --- 6. The hidden blueprint ---7. A frenzy of nations --- 8. The imperial drive --- 9. Indust-reality --- 10. Coda: the flash flood --- The third wave --- 11. The new synthesis --- 12. The commanding heights --- 13. De-massifying the media --- 14. The intelligent environment --- 15. Beyond mass production --- 16. The electronic cottage --- 17. Families of the future --- 18. The corporate identity crisis --- 19. Decoding the new rules --- 20. The rise of the prosumer --- 21. The mental maelstrom --- 22. The crack-up of the nation --- 23. Gandhi with satellites --- 24. Coda: the great confluence --- Conclusion --- 25. The new psycho-sphere --- 26. The personality of the future --- 27. The political mausoleum --- 28. Twenty-first century democracy
English
0553246984 [newsprint]
Social history--1945-
Social change.
Civilization, Modern--1950-