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TITLE: Future Shock, The Third Wave, Powershift
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
PUBLICATION DATE: 1970, 1980, 1990, respectively
LENGTH: 561 pages, 537 pages, 611 pages, respectively
PAPERBACK PRICE: $7.99 U.S./$9.99 Canada
AVAILABLE FROM: Your local bookstore or www.bantam.com
Alvin Toffler is considered one of the world's best known social thinkers, and many critics believe that his ideas have significantly influenced contemporary thought. The books that comprise Toffler's trilogy are truly classics and should be required reading for all information and knowledge managers. Their central subject is change - a constant concern for any manager. Future Shock looks at the process of change; The Third Wave explores the directions of change; and Powershift examines the control of changes still to come. The books may be read independently or as a set.
When it was written in 1970, Future Shock provided serious insight into the future; it still has relevance in 1999. "This is a book about what happens to...