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June 28, 2024 | History

The world is flat

a brief history of the twenty-first century

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When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of the world's two biggest nations, and giving them a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this "flattening" of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened; what it means to countries, companies, communities, and individuals; and how governments and societies can, and must, adapt.

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Cover of: La terre est plate
La terre est plate: Une brève histoire du XXIe siècle
Sep 16, 2010, Librairie Académique Perrin
paperback
Cover of: Shi jie shi ping de
Shi jie shi ping de: 21 shi ji jian shi = The world is flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century
2008, Hu'nan ke xue ji shu chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Shi jie shi ping de
Shi jie shi ping de: ba wo zhe ge qu shi zai 21 shi ji cai you jing zheng li = The world is flat
2007, Ya yan wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese - Zeng ding ban
Cover of: The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
July 24, 2007, Picador, Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Paperback in English
Cover of: The world is flat
The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century
2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st further updated and expanded hardcover ed
Cover of: The world is flat
The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century
2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st updated and expanded ed.
Cover of: Shi jie shi ping de
Shi jie shi ping de: 21 shi ji jian shi = The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century
2006, Hunan ke xue ji shu chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
April 18, 2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The world is flat
The world is flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century
2005, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
July 12, 2005, Thorndike Press
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VIII, 488 str.
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488

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OL33026177M
Internet Archive
worldisflatbrief0000frie_o4j3
ISBN 10
0739461621
ISBN 13
9780739461624
OCLC/WorldCat
780797897

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