The Rise of the Network Society

by Manuel Castells

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Series: The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture (1)

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This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of societyIncludes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economyDescribes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformationBased on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe… (more)

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archidose | Dec 16, 2023 |

Livro importante para resgatar a motivação e a compreensão do porquê estar a afezer este doutoramento.

judite | Aug 8, 2008 |

if you are going to a desert island and have to take only five books with you, please take this one. it is 10 years old, but it is an amazing summary and not yet out of date -- some of the stuff he wrote about time and flows, people have mostly not even thought about yet. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Manuel Castells	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Alborés, Jesús	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Martínez Gimeno, Carmen	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of societyIncludes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economyDescribes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformationBased on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe

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