
"The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise and Progress "
The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
Virginia Postrel(Author)
Pocket Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-684-86269-9 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-86269-9 (9780684862699)
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05/2011
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Person
Virginia Postrel is a columnist for Bloomberg View and has been a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Forbes. Formerly the editor of Reason magazine, she is the author of The Substance of Style and The Future and Its Enemies. She teaches a special seminar on glamour in the Branding program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She lives in Los Angeles.
Content
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Search for Tomorrow
- The One Best Way
- The Party of Life
- The Infinite Series
- The Tree of Knowledge
- The Bonds of Life
- Creating Nature
- Fields of Play
- On the Verge
Notes
Index