Talking Headways Podcast: More Than Just a Box

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By Jeff WoodJun 9, 2017, 10:22 am151 pts
This week I’m joined by Matthew Heins, author of The Globalization of American Infrastructure: The Shipping Container and Freight Transportation. Matthew talks about how the American highway and rail systems created a global standard for shipping containers, containerization’s effects on labor and…

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