The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / Marc Levinson.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: xi, 376 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780691123240 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-363) 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.