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010			_a 2006003748
020			_a0374292795 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780374292799 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(IMchF)fol11087438
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dICrlF
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050	0	0	_aHM846 _b.F74 2006
082	0	0	_a303.4833 FRI _222
100	1		_aFriedman, Thomas L. _973901
245	1	4	_aThe world is flat : _ba brief history of the twenty-first century / _cThomas L. Friedman.
250			_a1st updated and expanded ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2006.
300			_aviii, 593 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aWhile 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.
520			_aContains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.
521	2		_aAdult.
521	2		_aAdult _bFollett Library Resources.
650		0	_aDiffusion of innovations. _973902
650		0	_aGlobalization _xEconomic aspects. _934878
650		0	_aGlobalization _xSocial aspects. _973903
650		0	_aInformation society. _911502
650		7	_aAcculturation. _2sears _91199
650		7	_aGlobalization _xEconomic aspects. _2sears _934878
650		7	_aGlobalization _xSocial aspects. _2sears _973903
650		7	_aInformation society. _2sears _911502
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