The Box
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. Drawing on previously neglected sources, ec
ISBN: 9781282665767
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Jeff Dean
Technology"A great book about the invention of the shipping container and what impacts it had across many industries."
book list View source ↗"@sarahookr Slight side note. If you want a great book about the invention of the shipping container and what impacts it had across many industries, I highly recommend "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" by Marc Levinson."
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Tobi Lütke
Business & Entrepreneurship"We all live in Malcolm’s world because the shipping container has been hugely influential in history."
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Bill Gates
Business & Entrepreneurship"Mostly about globalization, but there is also a larger story here that touches on business and philanthropy more broadly."
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Media & Journalism"[Has] comparable breadth as The Prize in terms of globe-spanning industries."
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