A visionary social thinker reveals how the addition of one hundred million Americans by midcentury will transform the way we live, work, and prosper. In stark contrast to the rest of the world's advanced nations, the United States is growing at a record rate, and, according to census projections, will be home to four hundred million Americans by 2050. Drawing on prodigious research, firsthand reportage, and historical analysis, acclaimed forecaster Joel Kotkin reveals how this unprecedented growth will take shape-and why it is the greatest indicator of the nation's long-term economic strength. At a time of great pessimism about America's future, The Next Hundred Million shows why the United States will emerge a stronger and more diverse nation by midcentury.

The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050

Business & Money

Kotkin, Joel

Economics

Penguin??Books

In the blink of an eye, vast economic forces have created new types of communities and reinvented old ones. In The New Geography, acclaimed forecaster Joel Kotkin decodes the changes, and provides the first clear road map for where Americans will live and work in the decades to come, and why. He examines the new role of cities in America and takes us into the new American neighborhood. The New Geography is a brilliant and indispensable guidebook to a fundamentally new landscape.

The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape

Random House]

If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species’s ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative and engagingly written account, the acclaimed urbanist and bestselling author examines the evolution of urban life over the millennia and, in doing so, attempts to answer the age-old question: What makes a city great? Despite their infinite variety, all cities essentially serve three purposes: spiritual, political, and economic. Kotkin follows the progression of the city from the early religious centers of Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and China to the imperial centers of the Classical era, through the rise of the Islamic city and the European commercial capitals, ending with today’s post-industrial suburban metropolis. Despite widespread optimistic claims that cities are “back in style,” Kotkin warns that whatever their form, cities can thrive only if they remain sacred, safe, and busy–and this is true for both the increasingly urbanized developing world and the often self-possessed “global cities” of the West and East Asia. Looking at cities in the twenty-first century, Kotkin discusses the effects of developments such as shifting demographics and emerging technologies. He also considers the effects of terrorism–how the religious and cultural struggles of the present pose the greatest challenge to the urban future. Truly global in scope, The City is a timely narrative that will place Kotkin in the company of Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and other preeminent urban scholars.

The City: A Global History (Modern Library Chronicles)

History

World

Random House Publishing Group

In the blink of an eye, vast economic forces have created new types of communities and reinvented old ones. In The New Geography, acclaimed forecaster Joel Kotkin decodes the changes, and provides the first clear road map for where Americans will live and work in the decades to come, and why. He examines the new role of cities in America and takes us into the new American neighborhood. The New Geography is a brilliant and indispensable guidebook to a fundamentally new landscape. From the Hardcover edition.

Random House Trade Paperbacks

The economic history of California, from its earliest days through its emergence as an agricultural and economic giant, is examined with emphasis on the new entrepreneurial elite

California, Inc.

Politics & Social Sciences

Grabowicz, Paul

Sociology

Avon/Books

Argues that the future of American business in the Far East lies in building partnerships with the growing Asian economies

TheThird Century: America's Resurgence in the Asian Era

Crown

This explosive and controversial examination of business, history, and ethnicity shows how "global tribes" have shaped the world's economy in the past--and how they will dominate its future. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Tribes: How Race, Religion, and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy

International

Americas

Modern Library

This explosive and controversial examination of business, history, and ethnicity shows how "global tribes" have shaped the world's economy in the past--and how they will dominate its future.

Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy

California, Inc

Rawson, Wade Publishers

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kotkin, Joel. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Kotkin, Joel

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Kotkin, Joel. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050

The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape

The City: A Global History (Modern Library Chronicles)

The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape

California, Inc.

TheThird Century: America's Resurgence in the Asian Era

Tribes: How Race, Religion, and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy

The City: A Global History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy

California, Inc