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The Rise of the Network Society: Economy, Society and Culture v.1: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Vol 1
by: Manuel Castells

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4833
EAN: 9780631221401
ISBN: 0631221409
Label: WileyBlackwell
Manufacturer: WileyBlackwell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 594
Publication Date: June 01, 2000
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
Studio: WileyBlackwell
Sales Rank: 38644

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- The book I have day-dreamed about writing...
"I am convinced that Castell's work is the most illuminating, imaginative and intellectually rigorous account of the major features and dynamics of the world today." [Prof. F Webster; Theories of the Information Society, 2nd Edition; Pg.97]

"Adam Smith explained how capitalism worked and Karl Marx explained why it didn't. Now the social and economic relations of the Information Age have been captured by Manuel Castells." [GP Zachary; Wall Street Journal ; 1 October 1998]

PS: I disagree with the other reviewer re. it's style and content. It is not difficult to read.

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- The academic to end all academics...
Grading and reviewing this work is really a matter of the point of view. In one sense it is the definitive reference of the concepts for "the new economy", "the digital economy", "the network economy" and all other versions. It is a truly solid academic work - far removed from the comparatively trivial business/management literature such as "10 new rules...", "Net Worth", "Blur", "Blown to Bits" and at least 20 more of the same. My critique of this work is not so much the content or even the message, but the fact that never have I encountered such a successfull attempt to hide an important message behind the most extreme forms of complicated language. In fact I admit to not having understood large parts of what is written - although I am quite ... Read More:

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