{"product_id":"9780553277371","title":"Future Shock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best study of our times that I know. . . . Of all the books that I have read in the last 20 years, it is by far the one that has taught me the most.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuture Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e vividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow’s family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, life-styles, and human relationships—all of them temporary.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, \u003ci\u003echange\u003c\/i\u003e everyone who reads it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Immensely readable.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Alvin Toffler has sent something of a shock-wave through Western society.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLondon Daily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “To the elite . . . who often get committed to age-old institutions or material goals alone, let Toffler’s \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e be a lesson and a warning.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times of India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013240865008,"sku":"9780553277371","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553277371_p0.jpg?v=1763716957","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553277371","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}