The Box – *****
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this but I’m not sure my friends will – but hey, I could be wrong.
I originally wanted to learn about containers themselves and their history because I’m fascinated with how architects and builders use discarded ones.
But this book was all-encompassing and deals with not only the container’s history, but the history of shipping, trucking, trains, economics, unions, city governments, and everyone’s favorite topic: automation and increasing efficiencies in the workplace.
Even the Jones Act comes up and that’s been in the news a lot thanks to the Chief Orangutan and Puerto Rico.
