| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2015024925 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691170817 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
387.5442 LE BO |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Levinson, Marc |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The box : |
| Subtitle |
how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Marc Levinson |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Princeton : |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date |
c2016. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xx, 516 p. ; |
| Size |
21 cm. |
| SUMMARY |
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| 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 reshaped manufacturing. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, years of high-stakes bargaining, and delicate negotiation on standards. Now with a new chapter, The Box tells the dramatic story of how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur turned containerization from an impractical idea into a phenomenon that transformed economic geography, slashed transportation costs, and made the boom in global trade possible. -- from back cover. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Containerization |
| General |
History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
McLean, Malcolm Purcell |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/cgbjrg4crw6zxsfsh2ukhi29j62u1r2j |
| Public note |
Location Map |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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27207 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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27208 |
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27209 |