TY - BOOK AU - Levinson,Marc TI - The box: how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger SN - 9780691170817 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - TA 1215 L665b 2016 U1 - 387.5/442 PY - 2016/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - McLean, Malcolm Purcell, KW - Containerization KW - History KW - Contenedorización (carga) KW - Logística N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -