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The book is a fascinating read: http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691136408 http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-
by Hontano 13y ago
The book is a fascinating read: http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691136408 http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy...
It chronicles competing standards, proprietary efforts, attempts at sea-rail-road integration, with some lively characters thrown in. It captures the entrepreneurial vibe of the heady postwar decades. I loved it.
- hga 13y agoIndeed, it'll teach you a lot about how the recent "modern" world developed; containers became important for the Vietnam War, but its mostly pure business and economic history, with sufficient detail---well, enough for me---on the technical side. Also the interplay of government laws and regulation, and shipping cartels, on the path this all took. And tells you why most of the historic ports of old faded away. Absolutely fascinating.