{"product_id":"future-shock-9780553277371-new","title":"Future Shock","description":"\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\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clich s about today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, \u003ci\u003echange\u003c\/i\u003e everyone who reads it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Immensely readable.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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":"More Than Words ","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53037384728736,"sku":"9780553277371-new","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/51XrRhGq3aL.jpg?v=1763419663","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/future-shock-9780553277371-new","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}