The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
by Richard L. Florida
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
"The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today--and where we might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, 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. Just as William Whyte's 1956 classic "The Organization Man showed how the organizational ethos of that age permeated every aspect of life, Florida describes a society in which the creative ethos is increasingly dominant. Millions of us are beginning to work and live much as creative types like artists and scientists always have--with the result that our values and tastes, our personal relationships, our choices of where to live, and even our sense and use of time are changing. Leading the shift are the nearly 38 million Americans in many diverse fields who create for a living--the Creative Class. "The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea of change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises more than thirty percent of the entire workforce. Their choices have already had a huge economic impact. In the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither.
Synopsis:
The Rise of the Creative Class" gives a provocative new way to think about why people live as they do today--and where they might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Florida traces the growing role of creativity in the economy.
Synopsis:
In the widely acclaimed, best-selling book, Richard Florida argues that sweeping changes in culture, lifestyle, and values are the result of the rise of a new economic class, the Creative Class, and he shows how the choices this class makes will not only alter work and leisure but will even determine which cities thrive in the coming decades.
Product Details
ISBN: 0465024777
Subtitle: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
Author: Florida, Richard L
Publisher: Basic Books
Subject: General
Subject: Economic History
Subject: Social history
Subject: Creative Ability
Edition Description: Pbk
Publication Date: March 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Illustrations: Y
Pages: 416
Dimensions: 8.06x5.32x1.21 in. 1.07 lbs.