02702nam a22003617a 4500 33441 BD-DhAAL 20230508120220.0 180718t2007 xxu||||| |||| 001 0 eng d 9780312425074 0312425074 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL 330.90511 23 Friedman, Thomas L. 27515 The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / Thomas L. Friedman The world is flat first edition (2005) New York : Picador, c2007 x, 660 pages : 21 cm. Includes index HOW THE WORLD BECAME FLAT: While I was sleeping ; The ten forces that flattened the world ; The triple convergence ; The great sorting out ; AMERICA AND THE FLAT WORLD: America and free trade ; The untouchables ; The right stuff ; The quiet crisis ; This is not a test ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: The Virgin of Guadalupe ; COMPANIES AND THE FLAT WORLD: How companies cope ; YOU AND THE FLAT WORLD: Globalisation of the local ; If it's not happening, it's because you're not doing it ; What happens when we all have dog's hearing? ; GEOPOLITICS AND THE FLAT WORLD: The unflat world ; The Dell theory of conflict prevention ; CONCLUSION: IMAGINATION: 11/9 versus 9/11. Presents an update on globalisation, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks - environmental, social, and political. Includes stories and insights to help understand the flattening of the world as well as a chapter on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur. Discusses the question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. ARC Trim edication Complimentary copy from Akbar Ali Khan 33441, 41127 Diffusion of innovations 27516 Information society 27517 Globalization Economic aspects 27518 Globalization Social aspects 27519 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks ddc BK 39538 39538 0 0 ddc 0 330_905110000000000_THE 0 63662 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2018-07-10 Trim Education 1695.00 0 330.90511 THE 3010033441 2018-07-10 1 1695.00 2018-07-10 BK Please send the cataloging team need to change Author mark. 0 0 ddc 0 330_905110000000000_WOR 1 73602 BRACUL BRACUL AAKC 2023-05-08 Donated by Akbar Ali Khan 2928.48 0 330.90511 WOR 3010041127 2023-05-08 2 2928.48 2023-05-08 BK $27.50 Price available in book.