TY  - BOOK
AU  -  	Alvin Toffler
TI  - Future shock
SN  - 9780553277371
U1  - 301.24 TOF-F  
PY  - 1970///
CY  -  	New York
PB  - Bantom Book
KW  -  	      Social history -- 1945-     Social change.     Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
N1  -  	Introduction -- Part one. The death of permanence. The 800th lifetime -- The accelerative thrust -- The pace of life -- Part two. Transience. Things: the throw-away society -- Places: the new nomads -- People: the modular man -- Organization: the coming ad-hocracy -- Information: the kinetic image -- Part three. Novelty. The scientific trajectory -- The experience makers -- The fractured family -- Part four: diversity. The origins of overchoice -- A surfeit of subcults -- A diversity of life styles -- Part five. The limits of adaptability. Future shock: the physical dimension -- Future shock: the psychological dimension -- Part six. Strategies for survival. Coping with tomorrow -- Education in the future tense -- Taming technology -- The strategy of social futurism -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
N2  -  	 Describes some of the problems our technology has created for society and suggests some strategies for coping in the future
ER  -