The Box
Subtitle: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780691123240
Subjects: Maritime / nautical trades; History; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Industrial Design - Packaging; Economic History; American History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economics; Transport industries; 1913-2001; Containerization; McLean, Malcolm Purcell,
First sentence: On April 26, 1956, a crane lifted fifty-eight aluminum truck bodies aboard an aging tanker ship moored in Newark, New Jersey.