TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedman,Thomas L.
TI  - The world is flat: a globalized world in the twenty-first century 
SN  - 9780141022727(pbk)
U1  - 303.48 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Diffusion of innovations
KW  - Information society
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - index included; ONE: how the world became flat
TWO: the ten forces that flattened the world
THREE: the triple convergence
FOUR: the great sorting out
FIVE: america and free trade
SIX: the untouchable
SEVEN: the right stuff
EIGHT: the quiet crisis
NINE:  this is not a test
TEN: the virgin of guadalupe
Eleven:  how companies cope
TWELVE: the unflat world
THIRTEEN: golabalization of the local 
FOURTEEN:  the Dell Theory of conflict prevention
FIFTEEN:  11/9 versus 9/11
N2  - "The World Is Flat is a timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, illuminated by one of our most respected journalists."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -