The rise of the network society /

Castells, Manuel, 1942-

The rise of the network society / Manuel Castells. - 2nd edition. with a new preface. - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - lvii, 597 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - The information age ; v. 1 . - Information age v. 1. .

Previous ed.: Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is an account of the economic and social dynamics of the new age of information. Manuel Castells formulates a theory of the information society that takes account of fundamental effects of information technology on the contemporary world.

Specialized.

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Information technology--Social aspects.
Information technology--Economic aspects.
Information society.

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