Richard Florida: 9 books
The Flight of the Creative Class
The New Global Competition for Talent
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Research–driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high–value jobs from the USA.
Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class,...
by Richard Florida
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
World-renowned urbanist Richard Florida's bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century -- now updated with a new preface
In his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class reshaping...
The New Urban Crisis
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Richard Florida, one of the world's leading urbanists and author of The Rise of the Creative Class, confronts the dark side of the back-to-the-city movement
In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline....
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
In the age of globalization, some claim that where you live doesn't matter: Alaska, Idaho, and Alabama are interchangeable. The world is, after all, flat.
Not so fast. Place, argues the great urbanist Richard Florida, is not only important, it's more important than ever. In fact, choosing a...
The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited
Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
A provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed.
Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving...
The Great Reset
How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
From Richard Florida, author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City?, comes a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008–09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to “reset.” In doing so, he paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like—of how we will work and live—in the future.
by Richard Florida
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.
Learning Culture through Sports
Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
Smashing Barriers
Race and Sport in the New Millenium
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2001
Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes). He addresses the value...