Brian J. Cudahy

Broschiertes Buch

Box Boats

How Container Ships Changed the World

Beschreibung

Provides an account of the container-ship revolution - from the maiden voyage in 1956 of Ideal X to the entrepreneurial vision and technological breakthroughs that make it possible to ship more goods more cheaply than ever before - the two hundred million containers shipped every year that are the lifeblood of the new global economy.

Autor

Brian J. Cudahy's books include Around Manhattan Island: And Other Maritime Tales of New York and A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways (both Fordham). He lives in Bluffton, SC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 163mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780823225699
• ISBN-10: 0823225690
• Artikelnr.: 22890644