The Third Wave - Softcover

Toffler, Alvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330263374 ISBN 13: 9780330263375

Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 1981

Synopsis

Explores the nature and implications of a third wave of change that is now creating a new civilization with its own life-styles, jobs, sexual attitudes, concepts of family and love, economic structures, and political philosophies

About this title

About the Author:

Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) was an American writer and futurist whose list of bestselling books includes Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift. He was a cofounder of Toffler Associates, a consulting firm for companies and governments worldwide on advances in economics, technology, and social change. In France, where his work won the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize), Alvin was named an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Review:

“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

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0330263374
• ISBN 13: 9780330263375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544