The Box
Marc Levinson
- Bindwijze: Paperback
- Taal: en
- Categorie: Economie & Financiën
- ISBN: 9780691170817
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
Inhoud
| Taal: | en |
| Bindwijze: | Paperback |
| Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: | 05 april 2016 |
| Aantal pagina's: | 544 |
| Illustraties: | Nee |
Betrokkenen
| Hoofdauteur: | Marc Levinson |
| Tweede Auteur: | Marc Levinson |
| Tweede Auteur: | Marc Levinson |
Vertaling
| Originele titel: | The Box |
Overige kenmerken
| Editie: | 2 |
| Extra groot lettertype: | Nee |
| Product breedte: | 127 mm |
| Product hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Product lengte: | 203 mm |
| Studieboek: | Ja |
| Verpakking breedte: | 136 mm |
| Verpakking hoogte: | 43 mm |
| Verpakking lengte: | 204 mm |
| Verpakkingsgewicht: | 564 g |
Overige kenmerken
| Editie: | 2 |
| Extra groot lettertype: | Nee |
| Product breedte: | 127 mm |
| Product hoogte: | 42 mm |
| Product lengte: | 203 mm |
| Studieboek: | Ja |
| Verpakking breedte: | 136 mm |
| Verpakking hoogte: | 43 mm |
| Verpakking lengte: | 204 mm |
| Verpakkingsgewicht: | 564 g |
Samenvatting
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