The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Understanding Globalization

Friedman, Thomas l

ISBN 10: 0374192030 / ISBN 13: 9780374192037

Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1999

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First printing. Briefly inscribed (To Richard With Best Wishes) and SIGNED by the author. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Perfect.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Understanding Globalization
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, NY
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374192030
• ISBN 13: 9780374192037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business & Economics
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

A foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times offers an incisive look at globalization from a social, economic, political, and cultural perspective and assesses the impact of this trend both at home and abroad. Tour.

About the Author

Thomas L. Friedman is one of America's leading interpreters of world affairs. Born in Minneapolis in 1953, he was educated at Brandeis University and St. Antony's College, Oxford. His first book, From Beirut to Jerusalem,won the National Book Award in 1988. Mr. Friedman has also won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times as bureau chief in Beirut and in Jerusalem. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Ann, and their daughters, Orly and Natalie.