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Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World Brian J. Cudahy Annotated edition
Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World
Brian J. Cudahy
Provides an account of the container-ship revolution - from the maiden voyage of the Ideal X to the entrepreneurial vision and technological breakthroughs that make it possible to ship goods cheaply. This book also explores the growth of global trade fuelled by the mammoth ships and seaborne lifelines connecting Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
352 pages, 50 Illustrations, black and white
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 30, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780823225682 |
| Publishers | Fordham University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 160 × 32 mm · 680 g |
| Language | English |
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