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'''''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. The ''[[New York Times]]'' called it "a smart, engaging book".<ref>{{cite news |title=A Revolution That Came In a Box |first=Joe | last = Nocera |work=The New York Times |date=2006-05-13 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E5DB143EF930A25756C0A9609C8B63 |accessdate=2009-01-24}}</ref>
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article699722.ece | title = Thinking outside the box | first = Howard | last = Davies | date = 2006-04-01 | work = Times Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003232_pf.html | title = Globalization 1.0 | first = Nora | last = Krug | date = 2008-04-13 | work = [[Washington Post]]}}</ref> The ''[[New York Times]]'' called it "a smart, engaging book".<ref>{{cite news |title=A Revolution That Came In a Box |first=Joe | last = Nocera |work=The New York Times |date=2006-05-13 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E5DB143EF930A25756C0A9609C8B63 |accessdate=2009-01-24}}</ref>


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">{{cite web
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">{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7600180.stm | first = Jeremy | last = Hillman | publisher = [[BBC News]] | title = The Box takes off on global journey | date = 2008-09-08}}</ref>
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7600180.stm
| first = Jeremy | last = Hillman
| publisher = [[BBC News]]
| title = The Box takes off on global journey
| date = 2008-09-08
}}</ref>


''The Box'' won a bronze medal in the [[Independent Publisher Book Awards]] (2007) in the "Finance/Investment/Economics" category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1157 |title=Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results |publisher=Independent Publisher Book Awards |date=2007 |accessdate=July 20, 2013}}</ref> ''The Box'' was shortlisted for the [[Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award]] (2006).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/62bd09a6-4734-11db-83df-0000779e2340.html#axzz1wN6ZbWuA |title=Award shortlist announced 2006 |work=Financial Times |date=18 September 2006 |accessdate=30 May 2012}}</ref>
''The Box'' won a bronze medal in the [[Independent Publisher Book Awards]] (2007) in the "Finance/Investment/Economics" category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1157 |title=Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results |publisher=Independent Publisher Book Awards |date=2007 |accessdate=July 20, 2013}}</ref> ''The Box'' was shortlisted for the [[Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award]] (2006).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/62bd09a6-4734-11db-83df-0000779e2340.html#axzz1wN6ZbWuA |title=Award shortlist announced 2006 |work=Financial Times |date=18 September 2006 |accessdate=30 May 2012}}</ref>

==Editions==
*{{cite book | title = The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger | first = Marc | last = Levinson | year = 2006 | url = http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9383.html | isbn = 0-691-12324-1 | publisher = Princeton University Press}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article699722.ece
| title = Thinking outside the box
| first = Howard | last = Davies | date = 2006-04-01
| work = Times Online
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003232_pf.html
| title = Globalization 1.0
| first = Nora | last = Krug | date = 2008-04-13
| work = [[Washington Post]]
}}
* {{cite book
| title = The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
| first = Marc | last = Levinson | year = 2006
| url = http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9383.html
| isbn = 0-691-12324-1
| publisher = Princeton University Press
}}
{{refend}}




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Revision as of 16:29, 20 July 2013

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 "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.[4]

The Box won a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (2007) in the "Finance/Investment/Economics" category.[5] The Box was shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (2006).[6]

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.

References

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