Agents of Internationalization: Industry, Trade, and Travel in Postwar Poland

• In Event: Scrapping, Repurposing, and Reappraising in East Central Europe's Industrial Centers

Abstract

Key agents of internationalization included industrial workers who engaged with foreign countries during socialism, supply managers, union workers, sales representatives, textile designers traveling to foreign trade fairs, engineers lending their expertise to developing countries. Their experiences are placed in the context of production chains, foreign trade, and the movement of people, ideas, and objects, specifically focusing on the industrial city of Lodz, known as the Polish Manchester.

Author

• Agata Zysiak, U of Vienna (Austria)