The rise of the creative class : and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life / Richard Florida
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Basic Books, c2002.Description: xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0465024769
- 9780465024766
- Creative ability -- Economic aspects
- Creative ability -- Social aspects
- Work ethic -- United States
- Leisure -- United States
- Social classes -- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Creative ability in technology
- Technology and civilization
- Human capital
- 331.1 21
- HD53 .F653 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | Stonewall Non-Fiction | HD 53 FLO 2002 | 1 | Available | signed by author | 04650247691 |
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.
There are no comments on this title.