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- Book Title
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and th
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691123241
ISBN-13
9780691123240
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48248028
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
392 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Box : How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Subject
Industrial Design / Packaging, Political Economy, Economic History, Industries / Transportation
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-030021
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
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This is an ingenious analysis of containerization--a process that, Levinson argues, in fact made globalization possible., A fascinating new book. . . . [I]t shows vividly how resistance to technological change caused shipping movements to migrate away from the Hudson river to other East Coast ports., International trade . . . owes its exponential growth to something utterly ordinary and overlooked, says author Marc Levinson: the metal shipping container....The Boxmakes a strong argument. . . . Levinson . . . spins yarns of the men who fought to retain the oldOn the Waterfrontways and of those who made the box ubiquitous., A lively and entertaining history of the shipping container. . . .The Boxdoes a fine job of demonstrating how exciting the container industry is, and how much economists stand to lose by ignoring it., ÝAn¨ enlightening new history. . . . ÝThe shipping container¨ was the real-world equivalent of the Internet revolution. -- Justin Fox "Fortune", For sheer originality . . . Ýthis book¨ by Marc Levinson, is hard to beat. The Box explains how the modern era of globalization was made possible, not by politicians agreeing to cut trade tariffs and quotas, but by the humble shipping container. -- David Smith "The Sunday Times", This is a smoothly written history of the ocean shipping container. . . . Marc Levinson turns it into a fascinating economic history of the last 50 years that helps us to understand globalization and industrial growth in North America., There is much to like about Marc Levinson's recent book, "The Box," . . . Levinson uses rich detail, a combination of archival and anecdotal data to build his story, and is constantly moving across levels of observation. . . . And the story of the box is a very good read., The ubiquitous shipping container . . . as Mark Levinson's multilayered study shows . . . has transformed the global economy., By artfully weaving together the nuts and bolts of what happened at which port with the grand sweep of economic history, Levinson has produced a marvelous read for anyone who cares about how the interconnected world economy came to be., A fascinating new book. . . . ÝI¨t shows vividly how resistance to technological change caused shipping movements to migrate away from the Hudson river to other East Coast ports., ÝA¨ smart, engaging book. . . . Mr. Levinson makes a persuasive case that the container has been woefully underappreciated. . . . ÝT¨he story he tells is that of a classic disruptive technology: the world worked in one fashion before the container came onto the scene, and in a completely different fashion after it took hold. -- Joe Nocera "The New York Times", Honorable Mention for the 2006 John Lyman Book Award, Science and Technology category, North American Society for Ocean History, Marc Levinson'sThe Box. . . illustrates clearly how great risks are taken by entrepreneurs when entrenched interests and government regulators conspire against them. Even after these opponents are dispatched, technological and economic uncertainty plague the entrepreneur just as much as the vaunted 'first-mover advantage' blesses him, perhaps more. The story of the shipping container is the story of the opponents of innovation., Marc Levinson'sThe Boxis . . . broad-ranging and . . . readable. It describes not just the amazing course of the container-ship phenomenon but the turmoil of human affairs in its wake., The Boxis . . . an engrossing read. . . . The book is well-written, with detailed notes and an index. I found it absorbing and informative from the first page., Author and economist Marc Levinson recounts the little-known story of how the humble shipping container has revolutionized world commerce. He tells his tale using just the right blend of hard economic data and human interest. . . . Mr. Levinson's elegant weave of transportation economics, innovation, and geography is economic history at its accessible best., Winner of the 2007 Bronze Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Marc Levinson's concern is business history on a grand scale. He tells a moral tale. There are villains ... and there is one larger than life hero: Malcom McLean. . . . Levinson has produced a fascinating exposition of the romance of the steel container. I'll never look at a truck in the same way again., Mr Levinson. . . . makes a strong case that it was McLean's thinking that led to modern-day containerisation. It altered the economics of shipping and with that the flow of world trade. Without the container, there would be no globalization., The Boxis highly recommended for anyone with an interest in understanding the emergence of our contemporary 'globalized' world economy., One of the most significant, yet least noticed, economic developments of the last few decades [was] the transformation of international shipping. . . . The idea of containerization was simple: to move trailer-size loads of goods seamlessly among trucks, trains and ships, without breaking bulk. . . . Along the way, even the most foresighted people made mistakes and lost millions. . . . [A] classic tale of trial and error, and of creative destruction., Using a blend of hard economic data and financial projections, combined with human interest, Levinson manages to provide insights into a revolution that changed transport forever and transformed world trade., Shortlisted for the 2006 Financial Times /Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Winner of the 2007 Bronze Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards Honorable Mention for the 2006 John Lyman Book Award, Science and Technology category, North American Society for Ocean History Winner of the 2007 Anderson Medal, Society for Nautical Research, Here's another item we see every day that had a revolutionary effect. The shipping container didn't just rearrange the shipping industry, or make winners of some ports (Seattle and Tacoma among them). It changed the dynamics and economics of where goods are made and shipped to., [An] enlightening new history. . . . [The shipping container] was the real-world equivalent of the Internet revolution., An engrossing read. . . . The book is well written, with detailed notes and an index. I found it absorbing and informative from the first page., This well-researched and highly readable book about the ubiquitous containers that carry so much of the world's freight will no doubt surprise most readers with its description of the immensity of the impact this simple rectangular steel box has had on global and regional economics, employment, labor relations, and the environment. . . .The Boxmakes for an excellent primer on innovation, risk taking, and strategic thinking. It's also a thoroughly good read., Like much of today's international cargo, Marc Levinson'sThe Boxarrives 'just in time.'. . . It is a tribute to the box itself that far-off places matter so much to us now: It has eased trade, sped up delivery, lowered prices and widened the offering of goods everywhere. Not bad for something so simple and self-contained., For sheer originality . . . [this book] by Marc Levinson, is hard to beat. The Box explains how the modern era of globalization was made possible, not by politicians agreeing to cut trade tariffs and quotas, but by the humble shipping container., [A] smart, engaging book. . . . Mr. Levinson makes a persuasive case that the container has been woefully underappreciated. . . . [T]he story he tells is that of a classic disruptive technology: the world worked in one fashion before the container came onto the scene, and in a completely different fashion after it took hold.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
387.5/442
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1: The World the Box Made 1 Chapter 2: Gridlock on the Docks 16 Chapter 3: The Trucker 36 Chapter 4: The System 54 Chapter 5: The Battle for New York's Port 76 Chapter 6: Union Disunion 101 Chapter 7: Setting the Standard 127 Chapter 8: Takeoff 150 Chapter 9: Vietnam 171 Chapter 10: Ports in a Storm 189 Chapter 11: Boom and Bust 212 Chapter 12: The Bigness Complex 231 Chapter 13: The Shippers' Revenge 245 Chapter 14: Just in Time 264 Abbreviations 279 Notes 281 Bibliography 343 Index 365
Synopsis
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 sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean's success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container's potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe., 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 sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean's success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container's potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheapthat industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe.
LC Classification Number
TA1215.L47 2006
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