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The box that changed the world : fifty years of container shipping - an illustrated history
- Title
- The box that changed the world : fifty years of container shipping - an illustrated history / Arthur Donovan and Joseph Bonney.
- Author
- Donovan, Arthur, 1938-
- Publication
- East Windsor, N.J. : Commonwealth Business Media, c2006.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bonney, Joseph.
- Description
- xxiii, 262 p. : ill., ports; 29 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Fifty years of container shipping - an illustrated history
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-227) and index.
- Contents
- Marketplace for the global village -- The seed is planted: modern containerization's origins predated 1956 -- Fishybacks and finance: Malcom McLean's winding road to Port Newark -- The revolution begins: McLean and Matson followed different paths -- The big bang: containerization goes international -- Full circle: a round-the-world gamble fails -- Bombay to Boston: APL's Bruce Seaton, agent of change -- Reshuffling the desk: a maturing industry creates problems and opportunities -- The box and Adam Smith: containerization's impact on the global economy -- The revolution continues: what's next?
- Call Number
- JBF 18-74
- ISBN
- 1891131958
- 9781891131950
- OCLC
- 68044591
- Author
- Donovan, Arthur, 1938-
- Title
- The box that changed the world : fifty years of container shipping - an illustrated history / Arthur Donovan and Joseph Bonney.
- Imprint
- East Windsor, N.J. : Commonwealth Business Media, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-227) and index.
- Added Author
- Bonney, Joseph.
- Research Call Number
- JBF 18-74