The rise of the creative class : revisited

• Main Author: Florida, Richard L., 1957- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Basic Books, 2012
• Edition: Rev. ed.
• Subjects: 20.-21. století; 20th-21st centuries; kreativita > ekonomické aspekty; kreativita > sociální aspekty; etika povolání > Spojené státy americké; volný čas > Spojené státy americké; společenské třídy > Spojené státy americké; společenská transformace; sociální změna; creative ability > economic aspects; creative ability > social aspects; professional ethics > United States; leisure > United States; social classes > United States; social transformation; social change; Spojené státy americké > hospodářské poměry > 20.-21. století; Spojené státy americké > sociální poměry > 20.-21. století; United States > economic conditions > 20th-21st centuries; United States > social conditions > 20th-21st centuries
• ISBN: 9780465029938; 978-0-465-04248-7
• Physical Description: xxv, 483 s. : il., mapy ; 24 cm

Argues that the social changes of the past few decades have occurred by choice rather than involuntarily, citing the rise of a new creative social class that derives its identity and values from its roles as purveyors of creativity and finds its basis inthe economy

Table of Contents:

• The transformation of everyday life
• The Creative Age. The creative economy ; The creative class
• Work. The machine shop and the hair salon ; Brave new workplace ; No-collar
• Life. Time warp ; The experimental life ; The big morph
• Community. Place matters ; The geography of class ; The 3T's of economic development ; Global reach ; Quality of place ; Building the creative community
• Contradictions:. The geography of inequality ; The inclining significance of class
• Every single human being is creative