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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Florida, Richard L.     Subjects     Creative ability -- Economic aspects.     Creative ability -- Social aspects.     Technology and civilization.     Work ethic -- United States.     Human capital.     Social classes -- United States.     Leisure -- United States.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-     United States -- Social conditions -- 1981-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Florida, Richard L.       by title:      The rise of the crea...       by call number:      305.97 F636r 2012     Search the Web     Florida, Richard L.     Creative ability -- Economic aspects.     Creative ability -- Social aspects.     Technology and civilization.     Work ethic -- United States.     Human capital.     Social classes -- United States.     Leisure -- United States.     United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-     United States -- Social conditions -- 1981-       MARC Display

The rise of the creative class, revisited / Richard Florida. by Florida, Richard L. Basic Books, c2012. Call #: 305.97 F636r 2012 Subjects Creative ability -- Economic aspects.   Creative ability -- Social aspects.   Technology and civilization.   Work ethic -- United States.   Human capital.   Social classes -- United States.   Leisure -- United States.   United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-   United States -- Social conditions -- 1981- ISBN:  9780465029938 (hc.) 0465029930 (hc.) Edition:  Rev. & exp. ed. Description:  xii, 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "Ten years ago, Richard Florida published a path-breaking book about the forces that were reshaping our economy, our geography, our work, and our whole way of life. Weaving story-telling with reams of original research, he traced a fundamental theme through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity. In the decade since, we have endured a series of world shattering events - from the collapse of the tech bubble to 9/11 to the economic meltdown of 2008 - any one of which might have been sufficient to derail the forces he described. Instead, the drive towards creativity as only intensified, both in the US and across the globe. In late 2011, the social media site LinkedIn reported that the word most used by its members to describe themselves was "Creative." In this newly revised and expanded edition of his now classic book, Florida has brought all of its statistics up to date (and provided a host of new ones); further refined his occupational, demographic, psychological, and economic profile of the Creative Class; incorporated a decade’s worth of his own and his colleagues' quantitative and qualitative research; and addressed his major critics. Florida delves into the roles played by technology, race, and poverty in perpetuating and exacerbating income inequality and the pervasive influence of class throughout every aspect of society. Throwing down the gauntlet, he proposes a dramatic new social compact for our time - one that can turn our emerging Creative Economy into an enduringly Creative Society."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 305.97 F636r 2012 Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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