TY - BOOK AU - Friedman,Thomas L. TI - The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century SN - 0374292795 U1 - 303.48 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Information society KW - Globalization N1 - Includes index; "First edtion published in 2005 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--T.p. Verso; While 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 -- 11/9 versus 9/11 ER -