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'''''The Box''': How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'' is a book by [[Marc Levinson]] charting the historic rise of the [[shipping container]] and how it changed the economic landscape on a major scale. |
'''''The Box''': How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'' is a book by [[Marc Levinson]] charting the historic rise of the [[shipping container]] and how it changed the economic landscape on a major scale. |
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The book inspired the name |
The book inspired the name for the "[[The Box (BBC container)|The Box]]" project run by [[BBC News]] from September 2008 onwards, in which the BBC were [[Containerization#BBC tracking project|tracking a container]] for a period of one year<ref name="BBCBoxlaunch">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7600180.stm BBC News], The Box takes off on global journey, 8 September 2008</ref>. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger is a book by Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the shipping container and how it changed the economic landscape on a major scale.
The book inspired the name for the "The Box" project run by BBC News from September 2008 onwards, in which the BBC were tracking a container for a period of one year[1].
References
- ISBN 0-691-12324-1, Princeton University Press