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The Box

How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

de Marc Levinson ...

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in ... Leer más

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In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in
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Outside the Box

How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas

de Marc Levinson ...

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is also one of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensive, it has also sent massive flows of money across borders and shaken the global ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is also one of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensive, it has also sent massive flows of money across borders and shaken the global
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
An Extraordinary Time

The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy

de Marc Levinson ...

The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and families could see their living standards improving year after year. And then, around 1973, the good times vanished. The world economy slumped badly, then settled into the slow, erratic growth that had been the norm before the war. The result ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and families could see their living standards improving year after year. And then, around 1973, the good times vanished. The world economy slumped badly, then settled into the slow, erratic growth that had been the norm before the war. The result
... Leer más
Audiolibro

The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, Second Edition

de Marc Levinson ...

Narrado por William Hughes ...

Completo

12 hora 8 minutos

From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with nearly sixteen thousand stores. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to mom-and-pop grocery stores across the nation. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, leading the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman administrations to investigate the Great ... Leer más

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From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with nearly sixteen thousand stores. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to mom-and-pop grocery stores across the nation. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, leading the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman administrations to investigate the Great
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Audiolibro

The box

Comment le conteneur a changé le monde

de Marc Levinson ...

Narrado por Isidore Amos ...

Completo

13 hora 59 minutos

« Sans conteneur, il n’y aurait pas de mondialisation. » The Economist « Un classique, un récit de destruction créatrice. Intelligent et captivant. L’un des meilleurs livres d’économie de tous les temps. » The New York Times « Une histoire économique de grande envergure, une aventure fascinante… » The Times « Le conteneur a facilité les échanges, accéléré les livraisons, baissé les coûts et ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

« Sans conteneur, il n’y aurait pas de mondialisation. » The Economist « Un classique, un récit de destruction créatrice. Intelligent et captivant. L’un des meilleurs livres d’économie de tous les temps. » The New York Times « Une histoire économique de grande envergure, une aventure fascinante… » The Times « Le conteneur a facilité les échanges, accéléré les livraisons, baissé les coûts et
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Outside the Box

How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas

de Marc Levinson ...

Narrado por L.J. Ganser ...

Completo

9 hora 8 minutos

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is alsoone of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensive, it has also sent massiveflows of money across borders and shaken the global ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its futureGlobalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is alsoone of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensive, it has also sent massiveflows of money across borders and shaken the global
... Leer más

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Audiolibro

Extraordinary Time, An

The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy

de Marc Levinson ...

Narrado por James Foster ...

Completo

10 hora 55 minutos

In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the norm—no matter what economists and politicians may say. ... Leer más

$42.99 USD

In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the norm—no matter what economists and politicians may say.
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1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change

de Marc Aronson, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Joyce Hansen, Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, Sally M. Walker, Steve Sheinkin, Amy Alznauer, Karen Engelmann0, Summer Edward1, Chris Lindsay Turner2, Tanya Lee Stone3 ...

The acclaimed team that brought us 1968 turns to another year that shook the world with a collection of nonfiction writings by renowned young-adult authors.“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

The acclaimed team that brought us 1968 turns to another year that shook the world with a collection of nonfiction writings by renowned young-adult authors.“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United
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RESUMO - The Box / A Caixa:

Como o contentor marítimo tornou o mundo mais pequeno e a economia mundial maior por Marc Levinson

de Shortcut Edition ...

Ao ler este resumo, o senhor vai descobrir como o uso do recipiente foi imposto principalmente pela vontade de um homem, Malcolm McLean. O senhor tomará conhecimento das turbulências na economia mundial causadas por essa caixa e verá como a geografia do próprio porto mudou.O senhor também vai descobrir que :O contêiner criou raízes antes que alguém pudesse adivinhar a extensão da agitação que ele ... Leer más

$6.37 USD

Ao ler este resumo, o senhor vai descobrir como o uso do recipiente foi imposto principalmente pela vontade de um homem, Malcolm McLean. O senhor tomará conhecimento das turbulências na economia mundial causadas por essa caixa e verá como a geografia do próprio porto mudou.O senhor também vai descobrir que :O contêiner criou raízes antes que alguém pudesse adivinhar a extensão da agitação que ele
... Leer más
Forms of Justice

Critical Perspectives on David Miller's Political Philosophy

de Daniel Attas, Erica Benner, Simon Caney, Cecile Fabre, Matthew Humphrey, Chandran Kukathas, Meira Levinson, Andrew Mason, Tamar Meisels, David Miller, Serena Olsaretti, Marc Stears, Adam Swift, Michael Walzer, Stuart White, Daniel Weinstock ...

What is justice? Great political philosophers from Plato to Rawls have traditionally argued that there is a single, principled answer to this question. Challenging this conventional wisdom, David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In Forms of Justice, a distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice ... Leer más

$55.99 USD

What is justice? Great political philosophers from Plato to Rawls have traditionally argued that there is a single, principled answer to this question. Challenging this conventional wisdom, David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In Forms of Justice, a distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice
... Leer más
Médecine et Santé de l'Adolescent

Pour une approche globale et interdisciplinaire

de Priscille Gerardin, Bernard Boudailliez, Philippe Duverger, Patrice Huerre, David Cohen, Marianne Caflisch, Marie-Laure Brival, Alain Fuseau, Thierry Rochet, Philippe Jeammet, Elise Riquin, Marie Choquet, Pascal Lenoir, Sevan MINASSIAN, Nicole Catheline, Georges Picherot, Sylvie Viaux-Savelon, Hugues Desombre, Ludovic Gicquel, Sylvie Tordjman, Roger Teboul, François Chobeaux, Paul Jacquin, Emmanuel Mahé, Chantal Stheneur, Michel Botbol, Serge Hefez, Jordan Sibeoni, Guillaume Bronsard, Jacques Dayan, Jean Chambry, Sébastien Rouget, Carmen Schröder, Jean Malka, Stéphane Auvin, Hélène De Leersnyder, Marie-Odile Krebs, George Patton, Marie Rose Moro, Marc Fillatre, Régis Coutant, Marc-Antoine Podlipski, Gisèle APTER, Marie-Aude Piot, Bérengère Guillery-Girard, Olivier Mouterde, Nathalie Godart, Patrick Lamour, Thierry Baubet, Marcel Rufo, Caroline Rey-Salmon, Michaël Stora, Xavier Benarous, Mario Speranza, Christophe Marguet, Emmanuelle Godeau, Pierre MARY, Diane Purper-Ouakil, Aurelie Harf, Natacha Bouhours-Nouet, Valérie LAURENCE, Marie-Jeanne Guedj Bourdiau, David Le Breton, Philippe Gutton, Corinne Blanchet, Marie-Laure Gamet, Bruno Falissard, Mohamed Amine Ben Jelloun, Hervé Lefevre, Dibia Liz PACORICONA ALFARO, Olivier Phan, Elisabeth Bourges-Petit, Laurence Racle, Elsa Massabie, Renaud De Tournemire, Marlène Monegat, Thierry Goguel D'Allondans, Bernard Caurier, Xavier Pommereau, Malaika Lasfar, Sophie De Broca, Apolline Cailliez, Enise Yavuz-Kodat, Pierre Cochat, Claudine Laurent-Levinson, Pablo Votadoro, Patrick Van Bogaert, Stéphane Prétagut, Bojan Mirkovic, Nadia Tubiana-Rufi, Jocelyn Lachance, Marie Bon-Saint-Côme, Julie Brunelle, Jean-Marc Guilé, Florent Cosseron, Corinne Guitton, François Géron, Geneviève Brechon, Vincent Belloncle, Marie Devernay-Lefort, Christian Mille, Anne Revah-Lévy, Susan Sawyer ...

Médecine et Santé de l'Adolescent est un ouvrage de référence qui aborde les problématiques médicales, somatiques, psychologiques et psychiatriques, sociales et culturelles de l'adolescent.Il s'adresse à tous les professionnels des équipes médicales et soignantes, mais aussi à ceux accompagnant les adolescents dans différents contextes (Aide Sociale à l'Enfance, Protection Judiciaire de la ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

Médecine et Santé de l'Adolescent est un ouvrage de référence qui aborde les problématiques médicales, somatiques, psychologiques et psychiatriques, sociales et culturelles de l'adolescent.Il s'adresse à tous les professionnels des équipes médicales et soignantes, mais aussi à ceux accompagnant les adolescents dans différents contextes (Aide Sociale à l'Enfance, Protection Judiciaire de la
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Audiolibro

The Ages of Globalization

Geography, Technology, and Institutions

de Jeffrey D. Sachs ...

Narrado por Steve Menasche ...

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8 hora 58 minutos

Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale.Sachs takes listeners through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with the original settling of the planet by early modern humans through ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale.Sachs takes listeners through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with the original settling of the planet by early modern humans through
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