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.