The participation of the representatives of heavy industry and self-government from the Silesian voivodship in the General National Exhibition... Cover Image

Udział przedstawicieli przemysłu ciężkiego i samorządu województwa śląskiego w Powszechnej Wystawie Krajowej w Poznaniu w 1929 roku
The participation of the representatives of heavy industry and self-government from the Silesian voivodship in the General National Exhibition...

Author(s): Piotr Rygus
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the General National Exhibition organized in Poznań in 1929 was to present the output of the Polish country from the period of the first ten years since the restoration of independence. The very exhibition became an ideal chance for entering into trade contacts and finding new receivers on the Polish market. The occasion itself determined motivation on the part of the representatives of the Upper-Silesian industry and self-government. In the light of the crisis of the export of products to the German market, caused by a duty war, mining-steel concerns planned to integrate with the so-far underestimated national market. The self-government authorities at the voivodship and local level, on the other hand, took part in the exhibition, taking into account the support of the government actions and representation of their economic possibilities allowing for further development. During the exhibition the economic potential built on the wave of the economic breakdown directed at further expansion was presented. The success of the event, however, overlapped with the beginnings of the economic recession at the end of 1929, which was to change into a big economic crisis in a few months.

  • Issue Year: 10/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 82-113
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish