Books like Future Shock

#1

Goliath’s Curse A Deep History of Societal Collapse and What It Means for Our Future

Luke Kemp

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social History

#2

The Silk Roads A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

Themes: Civilization • Customs & Traditions • Social History

#3

Riding the Rails Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression

Errol Lincoln Uys

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Customs & Traditions • Social History

#4

Age of Discovery Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance

Ian Goldin

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social History

#5

Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

Yuval Noah Harari

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Social History

#6

Microtrends Surprising Tales of the Way We Live Today

Mark J. Penn

Themes: Future Studies • Civilization • Sociology

#7

Knowing What We Know The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester

Themes: Civilization • Social History • Sociology

#8

Human Frontiers The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

Michael Bhaskar

Themes: Future Studies • Social History • Sociology

#9

Longpath Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – an Antidote for Short-Termism

Ari Wallach

Themes: Future Studies • Social History • Sociology

#10

The Optimist’s Telescope Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Bina Venkataraman

Themes: Future Studies • Social History • Sociology

#11

Pockets An Intimate History of how We Keep Things Close

Hannah Carlson

Themes: Civilization • Customs & Traditions • Social History

#12

The Square and the Tower Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

Themes: Civilization • Social History • Sociology

#13

Future Perfect The Case for Progress in a Networked Age

Steven Johnson

Themes: Future Studies • Social History • Sociology

#14

Drunk How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

Edward Slingerland

Themes: Civilization • Customs & Traditions • Social History

#15

Among the Bohemians Experiments in Living 1900-1939

Virginia Nicholson

Themes: Civilization • Customs & Traditions • Social History

#16

American Progressives and German Social Reform, 1875-1920 Social Ethics, Moral Control, and the Regulatory State in a Transatlantic Context

Axel R. Schäfer

Themes: Civilization • Young Adult Nonfiction • Social History

#17

Fast Food Nation What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World

Eric Schlosser

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#18

Dress Code Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

Véronique Hyland

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#19

Life in a Victorian Household

Pamela Horn

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#20

Life and Labor in the Old South

Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#21

Highland Cowboys From the Hills of Scotland to the American Wild West

Rob Gibson

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#22

The New Wild West Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown

Blaire Briody

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#23

Rural Community History from Trade Directories

Dennis R. Mills

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Social History • Sociology

#24

FDR’s Alphabet Soup New Deal America, 1932-1939

Tonya Bolden

Themes: Young Adult Nonfiction • Politics & Government • Sociology