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The container principle : how a box changes the way we think / by Alexander Klose ; translated by Charles Marcrum II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klose, Alexander, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Infrastructures series.
- Infrastructures Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Containerization--History.
- Containerization.
- Containerization--Social aspects.
- Container ships--History.
- Container ships.
- Unitized cargo systems--History.
- Unitized cargo systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A cultural history of the shipping container as a crucible of globalization and a cultural paradigm.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the English Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Accident
- 1 Time Capsules
- 2 What Is a Container?
- 3 Sea-Land
- 4 Container Histories
- 5 Logistics: The Power of a Third Party
- 6 Computing with Containers
- 7 Life in Cells
- 8 Container World
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262328241
- 0262328240
- OCLC:
- 905221711
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