Future Shock

Toffler, Alvin

ISBN 10: 0394425863 / ISBN 13: 9780394425863

Published by Random House, New York, 1970

About this Item

Hardcover in Near-Fine condition in a very good dust jacket, 8vo, pages: xii,505. Black cloth with spine titles in silver and red, deckled fore-edge, notes, bibliography, index. Almost like new, light soiling to bottom of block, dj lightly soiled, not price clipped ($8.95). Bookseller accession no.: 19273. From Martin Kaste on NPR on the death of Toffler in 2016: "'Future Shock' by Alvin Toffler was a huge sensation when it was published in 1970. The book perfectly captured the angst of that time and prepared society for more changes to come.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Future Shock
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394425863
• ISBN 13: 9780394425863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Predicts the pace of environmental change during the next thirty years and the ways in which the individual must face and learn to cope with personal and social change

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.