TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Thomas L. TI - The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century SN - 0374292795 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HM 846 FRI PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Information society KW - Globalization - economic aspects KW - Globalization - social aspects N1 - Includes index; While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- How companies cope -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention -- 11/9 versus 9/11 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003748.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-d.html ER -