The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference

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Label

The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference

Title remainder

how little things can make a big difference

Statement of responsibility

by Malcolm Gladwell

Creator

• trueGladwell, Malcolm, 1963-

Subject

• trueKnowledge theory
• trueInformation science
• trueSocial psychology
• trueCausation
• trueHuman behavior
• trueCanadian literature
• trueSocial change
• trueMemetics
• trueSociety and culture -- Psychology and human behavior

Genre

• trueCanadian literature
• trueSociety and culture

Language

eng

Summary

• "New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the empty tables of a new restaurant. These are social epidemics, and the moment when they take off, when they reach their critical mass, is the Tipping Point."
• "Gladwell introduces us to the particular personality types who are natural pollinators of new ideas and trends, the people who create the phenomenon of word of mouth. He analyzes fashion trends, smoking, children's television, direct mail, and the early days of the American Revolution for clues about making ideas infectious, and visits a religious commune, a successful high-tech company, and one of the world's greatest salesmen to show how to start and sustain social epidemics."--BOOK JACKET

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueAccessible

Award

• New York Times Notable Book, 2000
• YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.

Cataloging source

NUWS:W

Dewey number

302

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult