TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Thomas L. TI - The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century SN - 0374292795 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Information society KW - Globalization KW - Economic aspects KW - Social aspects N1 - 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/ecip068/2006003748.html ER -