Rise of the Creative Class And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life

Name: Rise of the Creative Class And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780465024773

ISBN-10: 0465024777

ISBN-13: 9780465024773

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard Florida

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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.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface



The Transformation of Everyday Life



The Creative Age



The Creative Ethos



The Creative Economy



The Creative Class



Work



The Machine Shop and the Hair Salon



The Horizontal Labor Market



The No-Collar Workplace



Managing Creativity



The Time Warp



Life and Leisure



The Experiential Life



The Big Morph (a Rant)



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



Where the Numbers Come From



Information on Updates



The Memphis Manifesto


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index