{"product_id":"9781405114295","title":"From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society New Theories of the Contemporary World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFrom Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNew Theories of the Contemporary World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKrishan Kumar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe second edition of this classic study, revised with a new and substantial opening chapter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew edition of a classic study by a leading social theorist\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores three major ideas crucial to contemporary social theory: the information society, post-Fordism, and post-modernism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces the three key ideas within the context of contemporary discourse on globalization.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Krishan Kumar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. Since publishing the first edition of \u003ci\u003eFrom Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society\u003c\/i\u003e, he has co-edited \u003ci\u003ePublic and Private in Thought and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and written \u003ci\u003e1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eThe Making of English National Identity \u003c\/i\u003e(2003).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 December 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405114295\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310560014476,"sku":"9781405114295","price":52.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405114295.jpg?v=1780164446","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405114295","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}