Roots of Interconnection: Communications, Transportation and Phases of the Industrial Revolution
M. J. Peterson · ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 2008
Broadening access to communication technology and transportation have increased the possibility of interconnection between societies. Until the Industrial Revolution, interconnection between societies were limited to education in foreign universities, occasional collaboration in labs or projects, and exchange of research outcomes through publications and conference presentations.