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Twisted Ways of Commodities in the Early Modern Era and the Positioning of Poland on the Map of Colonialism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2018

Dariusz Kołodziejczyk
Dariusz Kołodziejczyk*
Affiliation:
University of Warsaw, Institute of History, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland. Email: darkol@uw.edu.pl
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Abstract

This article discusses the position of Poland on the global map by focusing on the routes and impact of three selected ‘commodities’ that were transported to and from Poland in the early modern era, namely slaves, tobacco and silver coin. If studied in isolation, each of these ‘commodities’ assigns Poland a different role in the geography of the global market, work and know-how distribution. Only when studied together do they reveal the complex character of the relations between Central-Eastern Europe and its western and south-eastern neighbours, reaching as far as the New World and the Middle East.

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Focus: Central Europe and Colonialism
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European Review , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , July 2018 , pp. 441 - 447
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© Academia Europaea 2018 

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