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The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger

Levinson, Marc. (Author).

Summary: 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 containerisation brought about. This edition has a new preface by the author dated 2015.

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  • ISBN: 9780691170817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xx, 516 pages ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: Second Edition.
  • Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index.
Subject: McLean, Malcolm Purcell, 1913-2001
Containerization -- History

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Castlegar Campus Library TA 1215 L47 2016 (Text) B001684067 General Volume hold Available -

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24514. ‡aThe box : ‡bhow the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / ‡cMarc Levinson.
250 . ‡aSecond Edition.
264 1. ‡aPrinceton : ‡bPrinceton University Press, ‡c[2016]
300 . ‡axx, 516 pages ; ‡c21 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡2rdacarrier
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index.
5200 . ‡aIn 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 containerisation brought about. This edition has a new preface by the author dated 2015.
650 0. ‡aContainerization ‡xHistory.
650 0. ‡aMcLean, Malcolm Purcell, ‡d1913-2001.
901 . ‡a127358898 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c127358898 ‡tbiblio
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