Preface to the English Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Accident; 1 Time Capsules; 2 What Is a Container?; 3 Sea-Land; 4 Container Histories; 5 Logistics: The Power of a Third Party; 6 Computing with Containers; 7 Life in Cells; 8 Container World; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
A cultural history of the shipping container as a crucible of globalization and a cultural paradigm
Notes
Translation of: Das Container-Prinzip : wie eine Box unser Denken verändert. Published: Hamburg : Mare Verlag, 2009