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The Box

Paperback • 2016 • English

The Box

By Marc Levinson

3 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. But the container didn't just happen. Its a...Show more

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ISBN

9780691170817

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Box

Format

Paperback

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