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13 Great Books on the Post-industrial Society
From Tropics of Meta, "In the years since, economists, sociologists, and historians have all wrestled with the implications of the diminishing importance of manufacturing within the most developed nations, such as the United States. Actual production of goods has hardly declined, of course; automation has allowed American factories to produce more stuff with less labor, while outsourcing has simply shifted a good deal of production to the parts of the world with the lowest wages and least regulations. While this new economic configuration has been given a variety of labels (post-industrial, service, information), the approaches scholars have taken to studying it have been even more numerous." Site: https://tropicsofmeta.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/13-great-books-on-the-post-industrial-society/
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The post-industrial society. Tomorrow's social history: classes, conflicts and culture in the programmed society
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change
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The Informational City: Economic Restructuring and Urban Development
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The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting
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Silicon Landscapes
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Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture After 1940
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Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate Over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981
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Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor
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Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
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Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley
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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
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Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought
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