What if the first globalisation had gone differently?

Steamships, rails and telegraphs fuse regional economies into one world market.

If it had gone differently: The world economy stays a patchwork of regions; no belle-époque boom, and no 1914 shock when it unwinds.

1. 1914The First World War, The old European empires are never shattered; the century's borders, grievances and revolutions all run another way.
2. 1956The shipping container, Ocean freight stays slow, pilfered and expensive; the globalised supply chain of the late century never becomes viable.