A machine to move ocean and Earth : the making of the port of Los Angeles--and America /

The Port of Los Angeles is all around us. Objects we use on a daily basis pass through it, furniture, apparel, electronics, automobiles and much more. The busiest container port in the Western hemisphere, it claims one-sixth of all US ocean shipping. Yet despite its centrality to our world, the port...

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Main Author:	Tejani, James (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Port of Los Angeles > History. Container terminals. Globalization. Bays > California. Estuaries > California. San Pedro Bay (Calif. : Bay)