AMERICA BOXED IN explores the incredible impact of the intermodal container industry on the political, economic, and strategic landscape of the 21st Century. It supercharged China's global influence and helped them redraw the economic and political map. It has also put a stunning number of unprecedented threats in the global spotlight. From the dispersion of global power to the toxic divisions in political systems to the meteoric rise of China - this simple steel box is dramatically changing every aspect of our globalized world.