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020			_a9780141022727
037			_cGifted _nSudhakar, 7045818418
041			_aEnglish
082			_a303.4833 _bFRI/WO
100			_aFriedman, Thomas L
245			_aWORLD IS FLAT _b: Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
250			_a1
260			_aLondon _bPenguin Books _c2006
300			_g593
500			_aThe beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization – a ‘flattening’ of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal – and competitor – of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever – but does this ‘death of distance’, which requires us all to run faster in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and too flat too fast for us to adjust? Friedman brilliantly demystifies the exciting, often bewildering, global scene unfolding before our eyes, one which we sense but barely yet understand. The World is Flat is the most timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and its discontents, powerfully illuminated by a world-class writer.
650			_aSocial sciences, sociology & anthropology
650			_aSocial processes
650			_aSocial change
650			_aCauses of change
650			_aDevelopment of science and technology
650			_aCommunication
942			_cLEN
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999			_c197029 _d197029