摘要大约在五六年前，一本美国人写的书《集装箱改变世界》在我国运输领域广为流传。这本书的中文译名很精彩，直接译成《集装箱改变世界》，而英文原文则更加务实地说明集装箱改变了什么,“The Box-How the Shipping Container Made＇ the WorldSmaller and the World Economy Bigger”（集装箱：海运集装箱怎样使世界变小而使世界经济更大）。
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