The world is flat
Subtitle: a brief history of the twenty-first century
By: Thomas L. Friedman.
Edition: 1st updated and expanded ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780374292799
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations; Information society; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Globalization -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: While I was sleeping; title: The ten forces that flattened the world; title: The triple convergence; title: The great sorting out; title: America and free trade; title: The untouchables; title: The right stuff; title: The quiet crisis; title: This is not a test; title: The Virgin of Guadalupe; title: How companies cope; title: The unflat world; title: Globalization of the local; title: The Dell theory of conflict prevention; title: 11/9 versus 9/11.