02331cam a2200409 i 4500 18680354 BJBSDDR 20231128120709.0 ta 150630s2016 nju b 001 0 eng 2015024925 9780691170817 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0691170819 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc TA 1215 L665b 2016 387.5/442 Levinson, Marc 770 The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / Marc Levinson. Second edition. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016. xx, 516 pages ; 21 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) 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 Adding value 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 McLean, Malcolm Purcell, 1913-2001 33262 Containerization History. Contenedorización (carga) 33261 Logística 3639 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 120264 120264 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-11-14 0 TA 1215 L665b 2016 00000173568 2023-11-14 00:00:00 1 2023-11-14 BK