Friedman, Thomas L. <br/><br/>
The world is flat :  a brief history of the twenty-first century / 
Thomas L. Friedman. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  2005. 
 - viii, 488 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>HOW THE WORLD BECAME FLAT : Ch. 1. While I Was Sleeping -- Ch. 2. The Ten Forces That Flattened The World: 1. 11/9/89, 2. 8/9/95, 3. Work flow software, 4. Open-Sourcing, 5. Outsourcing, 6. Offshoring, 7. Supply-chaining, 8. Insourcing, 9. In-forming, 10. The Steroids -- Ch. 3. The Triple Convergence -- Ch. 4. The Great Sorting Out.  AMERICA AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 5. America and Free Trade -- Ch. 6. The Untouchables -- Ch. 7. The Quiet Crisis -- Ch. 8. This Is Not A Test.  DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 9. The Virgin of Guadalupe.  COMPANIES AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 10. How Companies Cope.  GEOPOLITICS AND THE FLAT WORLD : Ch. 11. The Unflat World -- Ch. 12. The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention.  CONCLUSION : IMAGINATION: Ch. 13. 11/9 vs. 9/11. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374292884 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004028685 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diffusion of innovations.<br/>Information society.<br/>Globalization--Economic aspects.<br/>Globalization--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM846  / .F74 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48/33