Title: The third wave /
Authors: Toffler, Alvin.
Date: 1980
Publisher: Morrow,
Physical description: 544 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: H
Abstract: Examines various aspects of modern life and analyzes changes that are occurring in such areas as the economy, politics, sexual attitudes, family life, and technology, and discusses the effect of these changes upon individuals and nations.
Contents: A collision of waves -- Super-struggle -- The second wave -- The architecture of civilization -- The invisible wedge -- Breaking the code -- The technicians of power -- The hidden blueprint -- A frenzy of nations -- The imperial drive -- Indust-reality -- Coda: the flash flood -- The third wave -- The new synthesis -- The commanding heights -- De-massifying the media -- The intelligent environment -- Beyond mass production -- The electronic cottage -- Families of the future -- The corporate identity crisis -- Decoding the new rules -- The rise of the prosumer -- The mental maelstrom -- The crack-up of the nation -- Gandhi with satellites -- Coda: the great confluence -- Conclusion -- The new psycho-sphere -- The personality of the future -- The political mausoleum -- Twenty-first century democracy.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civilization, Modern--1950-; Social change.; Social history--1945-