Marc Levinson explains why the shipping container, along with the microchip, should be considered one of the great inventions of the second half of the twentieth century.

Sounds like a great book; shipping containers have been a recent source of fascination for me, starting upon my visit to the Panama Canal. I kind of want an excuse to play with some, like build a second home.

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