Bibliograph

Future shock, Alvin Toffler

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Future shock, Alvin Toffler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-483)

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Future shock

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

87496

Responsibility statement

Alvin Toffler

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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