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020 _a0374292795 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aHM 846
_bFRI
100 1 _aFriedman, Thomas L.
245 1 4 _aThe world is flat :
_ba brief history of the twenty-first century /
250 _a1st updated and expanded ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,
_cc2006.
300 _aviii, 593 pages :
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aWhile 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.
650 0 _aDiffusion of innovations.
650 0 _aInformation society.
650 0 _aGlobalization - economic aspects.
650 0 _aGlobalization - social aspects.
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003748.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-b.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-d.html
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