Research Catalog

Title

The rise of the network society / Manuel Castells.

Author

Castells, Manuel, 1942-

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

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Details

Description

lvii, 597 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information. Manuel Castells formulates a theory of the information society that takes account of fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world.

Series Statement

• The information age : economy, society, and culture ; v. 1
• Castells, Manuel, 1942- Information age ; v. 1.

Subjects

• Technology and civilization
• Information networks
• Information society
• Information technology > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue: the net and the self -- The information technology revolution -- The new economy: informationalism, globalization, networking -- The network enterprise: the culture, institutions, and organizations of the informational economy -- The transformation of work and employment: networkers, jobless, and flex-timers -- The culture of real virtuality: the integration of electronic communication, the end of the mass audience, and the rise of interactive networks -- The space of flows -- The egde of forever: timeless time -- Conclusion: the network society.

ISBN

• 9781405196864 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1405196866 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009009312

OCLC

• 317777882
• SCSB-12416525

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library