You might find reading _The Box_ ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691136408/conmanlaborat-20 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691136408/conmanla

You might find reading _The Box_ ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691136408/conmanlaborat-20 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691136408/conmanlabo... ) interesting. When shipping containers were first used in 1956, the various longshoreman unions were really unhappy and fought quite hard to keep the status quo.