The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century [How the World Became Flat. While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and the Flat World -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- Developing Countries and the Flat World -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- Companies and the Flat World -- How companies cope -- Geopolitics and the Flat World -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention -- Imagination -- 11/9 versus 9/11]

Friedman, Thomas L. ; design, Jonathan D, Lippincott; design Dean Nicastro; photo, Greg Martin

ISBN 10: 0374292795 / ISBN 13: 9780374292799

Published by New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006., 2006

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1st updated and expanded ed ; viii, 593 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780374292799, 9780374292782, 9780374530488, 0374292795, 0374292787, 0374530483 ; 64098349 ; Contents: How the World Became Flat. While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and the Flat World -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- Developing Countries and the Flat World -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- Companies and the Flat World -- How companies cope -- Geopolitics and the Flat World -- The unflat world -- Globalization of the local -- The Dell theory of conflict prevention -- Imagination -- 11/9 versus 9/11 ; black cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; FINE/FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century [How the World Became Flat. While I was sleeping -- The ten forces that flattened the world -- The triple convergence -- The great sorting out -- America and the Flat World -- America and free trade -- The untouchables -- The right stuff -- The quiet crisis -- This is not a test -- Developing Countries and the Flat World -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- Companies and the Flat World -- How companies cope -- ...
• Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374292795
• ISBN 13: 9780374292799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before--creating an explosion of wealth in India and China, and challenging the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in place. This updated and expanded edition features more than a hundred pages of fresh reporting and commentary, drawn from Friedman's travels around the world and across the American heartland--from anyplace where the flattening of the world is being felt.
In The World Is Flat, Friedman at once shows "how and why globalization has now shifted into warp drive" (Robert Wright, Slate) and brilliantly demystifies the new flat world for readers, allowing them to make sense of the often bewildering scene unfolding before their eyes. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, he explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; how governments and societies can, and must, adapt; and why terrorists want to stand in the way. More than ever, The World Is Flat is an essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists.

About the Author

Thomas L. Friedman has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at The New York Times, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist. He is the author of three previous books, all of them bestsellers: From Beirut to Jerusalem, winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction; The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization; and Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11. In 2005 The World Is Flat was given the first Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and Friedman was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family.