The Third Wave (Toffler book)

The Third Wave
First edition
AuthorAlvin Toffler
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsSocial science, history, futurology
PublisherWilliam Morrow (US)
Publication date
1980
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hard and paperback)
ISBN0-517-32719-8 (hardcover), ISBN 0-553-24698-4 (paperback)
Preceded byFuture Shock 
Followed byPowershift 

The Third Wave is a 1980 book by Alvin Toffler. It is the sequel to Future Shock (1970), and the second in what was originally likely meant to be a trilogy that was continued with Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century in 1990. A new addition, Revolutionary Wealth, was published, however, in 2006 and may be considered as a major expansion of The Third Wave.

Toffler's book describes the transition in developed countries from Industrial Age society, which he calls the "Second Wave", to Information Age "Third Wave" society.