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      • The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger is a non-fiction book by Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the intermodal container (shipping container) and how it changed the economic landscape of the global economy. The New York Times called it "a smart, engaging book".
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  2. Sep 13, 2015 · McLean understood that reducing the cost of shipping goods required not just a metal box but an entire new way of handling freight. Every part of the system — ports, ships, cranes, storage facilities, trucks, trains, and the operations of the shippers themselves — would have to change.

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    Sep 19, 2023 · THE BOX. by Mandy-Suzanne Wong ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 19, 2023. Casts a curious spell despite its stylistic density and lack of traditional plot. bookshelf. shop now. In a snowed-in city, a legend grows around a mysterious white box.

  4. Sep 19, 2023 · Haunting their recollections is one mysterious woman who, convinced of the box’s good or evil powers, pursues it with deadly desperation. In this mesmerizing, intricately constructed puzzle of a novel, Mandy-Suzanne Wong challenges our understanding of subjects and objects, of cause and effect.

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  5. Jan 27, 2008 · The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about.

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  6. Haunting their recollections is one mysterious woman who, convinced of the box’s good or evil powers, pursues it with deadly desperation. In this mesmerizing, intricately constructed puzzle of a novel, Mandy-Suzanne Wong challenges our understanding of subjects and objects, of cause and effect.

  7. Jan 27, 2008 · by Marc Levinson (Author) 4.3 539 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.

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  8. Marc Levinson. How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger. 4.5 (41 ratings) 24 mins. Start your free trial. Brief summary. 'The Box' by Marc Levinson explores the history and impact of the shipping container, from revolutionizing global trade to transforming labor practices. Topics.

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