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The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Pages
390
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

Discover the revolutionary invention that reshaped global trade: the shipping container. This book chronicles the decade-long battle to make the container a standard, detailing how it slashed shipping costs and dramatically altered economic geography. Learn how this simple metal box paved the way for Asia to become the world's manufacturing hub and brought consumers an unprecedented variety of affordable goods.

About the author

M
Marc Levinson

American economist, historian, and journalist NOTE: LoC uses two different identities for the same author (saying "Email from Library of Congress (Paul Frank), September 23, 2020(per communication from Marc Levinson, use the access point Levinson, Marc, 1953- for works he wrote in his capacity as CRS [Congressional Research Service] staff member. For his other works, use the access point Levinson, Marc)"), but Wikidata and Open Library treat him as a single author. Levinson, Marc https://...