The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Friedman, Thomas L

The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century
by Friedman, Thomas L

(#06030U2)

Paperback Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2005, p2007

Price: USD 21.68

Description: x, 660 pages; 22 cm
Dewey: 303.48; Audience: Adult

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FollettBound Glued Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2005, p2007

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Product Overview
From Follett

"Further updated and expanded.";"Release 3.0"--Cover.;Includes index. Contains 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.

From the Publisher

A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller

"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. In this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters--on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures.

The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publication Date: July 24, 2007
  • Format: Paperback
  • Edition: 1st Picador ed.
  • Dewey: 303.48
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: x, 660 pages ; 22 cm
  • ISBN-10: 0-312-42507-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42507-4
  • Follett Number: 06030U2
  • Catalog Number: 0312425074
  • Audience: Adult