Title :
Technical standards and political constraints in the first Italian submarine cables network (around 1850–1870)
Author_Institution :
Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Abstract :
Submarine cables developed quite early in a backwarded country like Italy after 1850. That was due mostly to the British standardized technology in the field. For some years Italy profited of its unique central position in the Mediterranean sea.
Keywords :
standards; submarine cables; British standardized technology; Italian submarine cable network; Mediterranean sea; political constraints; technical standards; Italian submarine cables; communications; second industrial revolution;
Conference_Titel :
HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012 Third IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pavia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3079-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3077-0
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487567
