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 made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the swe


Format Häftad Omfång 540 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Princeton University Press Utgivningsdatum 2016-04-05 ISBN 9780691170817