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Future shock / Alvin Toffler.

Toffler, Alvin. (Author).

Summary:

Describes some of the problems our technology has created for society and suggests some strategies for coping in the future.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0553277375
  • ISBN: 9780553277371
  • Physical Description: xii, 505 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, ©1970.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-483).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part one. The death of permanence. The 800th lifetime -- The accelerative thrust -- The pace of life -- Part two. Transience. Things: the throw-away society -- Places: the new nomads -- People: the modular man -- Organization: the coming ad-hocracy -- Information: the kinetic image -- Part three. Novelty. The scientific trajectory -- The experience makers -- The fractured family -- Part four: diversity. The origins of overchoice -- A surfeit of subcults -- A diversity of life styles -- Part five. The limits of adaptability. Future shock: the physical dimension -- Future shock: the psychological dimension -- Part six. Strategies for survival. Coping with tomorrow -- Education in the future tense -- Taming technology -- The strategy of social futurism -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Restrictions on Access Note:
FOR USE IN MERRIL COLLECTION. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.

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Subject:
Social history > 1945-
Social change.
Civilization, Modern > 1950-
Regression (Civilization)
Social Change.
Civilization.
Civilization, Modern.
Regression (Civilization)
Social change.
Social history.
Planning.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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