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Levinson, Marc.

The box how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger Marc Levinson. - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press c2006. - xi, 376 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-363) and index.

The world the box made -- Gridlock on the docks -- The trucker -- The system -- The battle for New York's port -- Union disunion -- Setting the standard -- Takeoff -- Vietnam -- Ports in a storm -- Boom and bust -- The bigness complex -- The shippers' revenge -- Just in time.

ISBN: 0691123241 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780691123240 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 2005030021

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA621142

Subjects--Personal Names:
McLean, Malcolm Purcell 1913-2001.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Containerization--History.

LC Class. No.: TA1215 / .L47 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 387.5/442