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The rise of the creative class
and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life
by 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.
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Sociologi, Creative ability, Work ethic, Leisure, Social classes, united states, Technology and civilization, Human capital, United states, economic conditions, 1981-2001, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Social aspects, Economic aspects of Creative ability, Social classes, Social aspects of Creative ability, Creative ability in technology, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Economic aspects, Technological innovations, Creativeness, Employment, Trends, Economics, TechnologyPlaces
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Table of Contents
1. The transformation of everyday life
Part One: The Creative Age. 2. The creative ethos. 3. The creative economy. 4. The creative class
Part Two: Work. 5. The machine shop and the hair salon. 6. The horizontal labor market. 7. The no-collar workplace. 8. Managing creativity. 9. The time warp
Part Three: Life and Leisure. 10. The experimental life. 11. The big morph (a rant)
Part Four: Community. 12. The power of place. 13. The geography of creativity. 14. Technology, talent and tolerance. 15. From social capital to creative capital. 16. Building the creative community. 17. The creative class grows up.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-411) and index.
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