Globalization of American Infrastructure

Description:

Introduction -- The rise of the shipping container -- Containerization as infrastructure -- Globalizing the infrastructure of the nation-state -- The reluctant railroads -- Trucking gets on board -- The changing railroads -- Trucking finds its place -- Sites of transfer -- Slow going on the inland waterways -- Conclusion

subjects: Freight and freightage,  Containerization,  Infrastructure (economics),  Communication and traffic,  Transport de marchandises,  TRANSPORTATION,  General