{"product_id":"books-future-shock-by-alvin-toffler","title":"Future Shock","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best study of our times that I know. . . . Of all the books that I have read in the last 20 years, it is by far the one that has taught me the most.--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFuture Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations--even our patterns of friendship and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e vividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow's family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, life-styles, and human relationships--all of them temporary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clich's about today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, \u003ci\u003echange\u003c\/i\u003e everyone who reads it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Immensely readable.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alvin Toffler has sent something of a shock-wave through Western society.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLondon Daily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To the elite . . . who often get committed to age-old institutions or material goals alone, let Toffler's \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e be a lesson and a warning.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Times of India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480593293585,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780394425863.jpg?v=1777549710","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-future-shock-by-alvin-toffler","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}