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The Rise of the Network Society, With a New Preface, with a New Preface
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The Rise of the Network Society, With a New Preface, with a New Preface

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Description

This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a
substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social
dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society
has now fully risen on a global scale.

* Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information
on all aspects of society

* Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the
net-economy

* Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social
transformation

* Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and
Europe
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9781444310146
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatPDF
Format noteDRM Adobe
Publishing date03/11/2009
Edition09002 A. 2. Auflage
Pages656 pages
LanguageEnglish
File size10698 Kbytes
Article no.1419249
CatalogsVC
Data source no.176560
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Author

Manuel Castells is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and Research Professor at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona. He is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Technology and Society at M.I.T., and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University. He is the recipient of numerous academic awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, C. Wright Mills Award, the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological Association, and the Ithiel de Sola Pool Award from the American Political Science Association. He is a Fellow of the European Academy, a Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economics, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He has received 14 honorary doctorates from universities around the world. He has authored 22 books, among which is the trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture, first published by Blackwell in 1996-8, and translated into 20 languages.