The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Paperback edition
AuthorMalcolm Gladwell
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPsychology, sociology
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherLittle Brown
Publication date
March 2000
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages304
ISBN0-316-34662-4
ISBN 0-316-31696-2 (first edition)
OCLC55586972
302 22
LC ClassHM1033 .G53 2002
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point."[1] The book seeks to explain and describe the "mysterious" sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states: "Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do."[2] The examples of such changes in his book include the rise in popularity and sales of Hush Puppies shoes in the mid-1990s and the steep drop in New York City's crime rate after 1990.

  1. ^ Gladwell 2000, p. 12.
  2. ^ Gladwell 2000, p. 7.