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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author Second Edition with a new chapter by the author edition
Marc Levinson
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author Second Edition with a new chapter by the author edition
Marc Levinson
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the swe
544 pages, 1 halftone. 1 line illus. 6 tables.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 5, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780691170817 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 544 |
Dimensions | 135 × 203 × 36 mm · 516 g |
Language | English |
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