01732cam a2200361 4500 43980945 TxAuBib 20080101120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2006003748 9780374292799 hardcover : alk. paper 0374292795 hardcover : alk. paper 9780374292799 0374292795 (OCoLC)64098349 TxAuBib Friedman, Thomas L. The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman. 1st updated and expanded ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. viii, 593 p. ; 24 cm. 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. 20080101. Diffusion of innovations. Information society. Globalization Economic aspects. Globalization Social aspects. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003748.html Table of contents only https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006003748-d.html Publisher description TXSAI