Title The container principle : how a box changes the way we think / by Alexander Klose ; translated by Charles Marcrum II

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 394 pages) : illustrations Series Infrastructures series Infrastructures series. 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 Summary A cultural history of the shipping container as a crucible of globalization and a cultural paradigm Notes Translation of: Das Container-Prinzip : wie eine Box unser Denken verändert. Published: Hamburg : Mare Verlag, 2009 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Containerization -- History Containerization -- Social aspects Container ships -- History Unitized cargo systems -- History TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History. Container ships Containerization Unitized cargo systems Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Marcrum, Charles, translator ISBN 9780262328241 0262328240 9780262328258 0262328259 9780262328234 0262328232

Other Titles Container-Prinzip. English

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