Lithuanian and American-Lithuanian Businessmen in 1930–1940 Cover Image

Lietuvos ir JAV lietuviai verslininkai 1930–1940 metais
Lithuanian and American-Lithuanian Businessmen in 1930–1940

Author(s): Juozas Skirius
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Lithuanian businessmen; American-Lithuanian businessmen; trade; export; import; American–Lithuanian Trade Centre

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article investigates trade activities of Lithuanian businessmen in the USA in 1930–1940; this was the period when these people had scanty possibilities to accumulate initial capital for larger orders of Lithuanian goods. According to the author, Lithuanian representatives in the USA, first of all Consuls General and, later, Ambassador Povilas Žadeikis tried to coordinate and centralise business activities and relations with Lithuanian producers in 1930s through the established American–Lithuanian Trade Centre.

  • Issue Year: 64/2006
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 17-32
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Lithuanian