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The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2006]
Edition:1st updated and expanded ed.
Subjects:
Diffusion of innovations.
Information society.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 theory of conflict prevention.