The Box (Levinson book)

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The Box
Author	Marc Levinson
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Publication date	2006
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-691-12324-1

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.^[1]^[2] The New York Times called it "a smart, engaging book".^[3]

The book inspired the name for the project "The Box" run by BBC News from September 2008 onwards, in which the BBC were tracking a container for a period of one year.^[4]

The Box won a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (2007) in the "Finance/Investment/Economics" category.^[5] It also won the 2007 Anderson Medal from the Society for Nautical Research.^[6] The Box was shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (2006).^[7]

Editions

Levinson, Marc (2006). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12324-1.

Levinson, Marc (2016). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17081-7.

The 2nd edition has an extra chapter.

Chapters

The World the Box Made
Gridlock on the Docks
The Trucker
The System
The Battle for New York's Post
Union Disunion
Setting the Standard
Takeoff
Vietnam
Ports in a Storm
Boom and Bust
The Bigness Complex
The Shipper's Revenge
Just in Time – Barbie is an example
Adding Value

Bibliography

Outside the Box – How Globalization Changed From Moving Stuff To Spreading Ideas. Front cover of book states author is Marc Levinson;^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Davies, Howard (2006-04-01). "Thinking outside the box". Times Online.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Krug, Nora (2008-04-13). "Globalization 1.0". Washington Post.
^ Nocera, Joe (2006-05-13). "A Revolution That Came In a Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
^ Hillman, Jeremy (2008-09-08). "The Box takes off on global journey". BBC News.
^ "Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher Book Awards. 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ "Awards". Society for Nautical Research.
^ "Award shortlist announced 2006". Financial Times. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

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Overview	Containerization Intermodal freight transport Bureau International des Containers ISO 6346 (BIC code) Twenty-foot equivalent unit
Transport	Chassis Container ship Double-stack Drayage Flatcar Well car
Handling	Container port Container crane Reach stacker Rubber tyred gantry crane Sidelifter Straddle carrier Terminal tractor Twistlock Container spreader
Types	Refrigerated container SECU Tank container Flat rack container
Other	The Box BBC Box Container (board game) Container Shipping Information Service Shipping container architecture Sun Modular Datacenter
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