Box, the: how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger - second edition with a new chapter by the author
Auteur :
Levinson, Marc
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691170817
Date de publication :
5 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
20,3 x 12,7 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
482 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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