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The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler
From the author of Future Shock, a striking way out of today's despair . . . a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials.The Third Wavemakes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today's dramatic changes in business and economics. It explains the role of cults, the new definitions of work, play, love, and success. It points toward new forms of twenty-first-century democracy.
Praise for The Third Wave
"Magnificent . . . an astonishing array of information."-The Washington Post
"Imperishably fresh."-Business Week
"Will mesmerize readers, and rightly so."-Vogue
"Alvin Toffler . . . has written another blockbuster . . . a powerful book."-The Guardian
"Fresh ideas, clearly explained. . . . Toffler has proven again that he is a master."-United Press International
"Toffler has imagination and an ability to think of various future possibilities by transcending prevailing values, assumptions and myths."-Associated Press
"Once you have walked into his version of the future, you may decide never again to whitewash some of the built-in frailties of the real present."-Financial Post
"Rich, stimulating and basically optimistic . . . will unquestionably aid many to a greater understanding of today's puzzling social changes."-The Globe & Mail
"A detailed breathtakingly bold projection of the social changes required if we are to survive. . . . Toffler's vision of a democratic, self-sustaining utopia is a brave alternative to recent grim warnings."-Cosmopolitan
Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift are among the bestselling works by Alvin Toffler (1928-2016), an American writer and futurist. He was a cofounder of Toffler Associates, a consultancy that advises businesses and governments around the world on economic, technological, and social transformation issues.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780553246988 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553246984 |
| Title | The Third Wave |
| Author | Alvin Toffler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 1984-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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