The rise of the creative class : and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life /

Florida, Richard L.

The rise of the creative class : and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life / Richard Florida - New York, NY : Basic Books, c2002. - xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-381) and index.

Introduction. The transformation of everyday life -- Part One, The Creative Age: The creative ethos ; The creative economy ; The creative class -- Part Two, Work: The machine shop and the hair salon ; The horizontal labor market ; The no-collar workplace ; Managing creativity ; The time warp -- Part Three, Life and Leisure: The experimental life ; The big morph (a rant) -- Part Four, Community: The power of place ; The geography of creativity ; Technology, talent and tolerance ; From social capital to creative capital ; Building the creative community ; The creative class grows up.

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Creative ability--Economic aspects.
Creative ability--Social aspects.
Work ethic--United States.
Leisure--United States.
Social classes--United States.
Creative ability in technology.
Technology and civilization.
Human capital.


United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
United States--Social conditions--1980-

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