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Cosmopolis II
Leonie Sandercock
Paperback - $99.95
The 21st century will be the century of multicultural cities, of the struggle for equality and diversity, and the struggle against fundamentalism. "Cosmopolis II presents a truly global tour of contemporary cities. Passionately written and superbly i ...
With Oil in Their Lamps : Faith, Feminism, and the Future
Sandra Schneiders
Paperback - $14.95
"I am going to suggest that the culminating contribution of the second millennium, the defining characteristic of the twentieth century, and the most important source of energy for the immediate future is the emergence of women, the beginning of the ...
Inevitable Surprises : Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence
Peter Schwartz
Hardcover - $45.95
One of America's foremost prognosticators and author of the bestseller and management classic "The Art of the Long View" discusses the big surprises ahead, the resulting scenarios that are creating the future of the world, and what they will mean for ...
Futurecast : How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work
Robert J. Shapiro
Hardcover - $42.95
The former Clinton Administration Under Secretary of Commerce presents a vision of the world in the near future, speculating that three major forces--globalization, demographics, and the rise of a new superpower--will determine how nations rise and f ...
The Foresight Principle : Cultural Recovery in the 21st Century
Richard A. Slaughter
Paperback - $75.95
Why do things always get harder before they get easier? Why is foresight useful? What are the real megatrends? What does foresight really cost? Who should support it? These and other questions form the backbone of this strongly argued and thoroughly ...
Tomorrow Now : Envisioning the Next 50 Years
Bruce Sterling
Paperback - $24.95
"Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like ...
Future Shock
Alvin Toffler
Mass Market Paperbound - $14.95
Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society.
Powershift : Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
Alvin Toffler
Mass Market Paperbound - $14.95
Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, banks, television, and politics. As old antagonisms fade, Toffler identifies ...