The rise of the creative class : and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life / Richard Florida.
2004
HD53 .F653 2004 (Mapit)
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The rise of the creative class : and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life / Richard Florida.
Author
Florida, Richard L.
ISBN
0465024777 (pbk.)
9780465024773 (pbk.)
0465024769
9780465024766
9780465024773 (pbk.)
0465024769
9780465024766
Publication Details
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xxx, 434 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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HD53 .F653 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.5
Summary
Here, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity in our economy. He describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-411) and index.
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Table of Contents
The transformation of everyday life
The creative ethos
The creative economy
The creative class
The machine shop and the hair salon
The horizontal labor market
The no-collar workplace
Managing creativity
The time warp
The experimental life
The big morph (a rant)
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.
The creative ethos
The creative economy
The creative class
The machine shop and the hair salon
The horizontal labor market
The no-collar workplace
Managing creativity
The time warp
The experimental life
The big morph (a rant)
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.