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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Hardcover - 2005

by Thomas L. Friedman

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  • Title The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
  • Author Thomas L. Friedman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 488
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Date April 5, 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOS-U-08g-00404
  • ISBN 9780374292881 / 0374292884
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.36 x 1.49 in (23.52 x 16.15 x 3.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Globalization - Economic aspects, Information society
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004028685
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330.905

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This overwhelming book succumbs to the very scope of its ambition and the topics it covers: globalization and technology. Author Thomas L. Friedman literally covers the world for The New York Times, and his access to important local authorities, corporate executives, local Times bureaus and researchers, the Internet and a tape recorder has enabled him to compile a huge amount of information. All of it buttresses his views about the important convergence of political and technological change. He offers interesting anecdotes about companies worldwide and intriguing conversations with friends, reporters and experts. He conveys abundant knowledge, with incisive insights and interpretations. With that caveat, I warmly recommends this wide-ranging treatment of technology’s role in global business and politics.

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Thomas L. Friedman has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at "The New York Times." He is the author of three best-selling books: "From Beiruit to Jerusalem" (FSG, 1989), winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction and still considered to be the definitive work on the Middle East, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization "(FSG, 1999), and "Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 "(FSG, 2002). He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family.

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