British Entrepreneurship in Poland

Drawing upon an impressive range of international sources, this book explores the late-nineteenth century partnership between Bradford worsted manufacturers the Briggs brothers and the German merchant Ernst Posselt, and their investment in a factory and workers’ community at Marki, near Warsaw in Poland. Against a backdrop of political instability

Bazandu-se pe o gama impresionanta de surse internationale, aceasta carte exploreaza parteneriatul de la sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea dintre producatorii din Bradford, fratii Briggs si comerciantul german Ernst Posselt, si investitia lor intr-o fabrica si comunitatea muncitorilor din Marki, langa Varsovia, in Polonia. Pe fond de instabilitate politica