The Rise of the Network Society, With a New Preface: Volume I: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture

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 society

• Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy

• Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation

• Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
  

Keywords: Networks, Global economy, Information, Communication, New economy