Narcisa Maria MITU, A brief overview on Craiova businesses in the first three decades of the XXth century. Less known foreign merchants

Narcisa Maria MITU
3rd Degree Scientific Researcher, PhD., “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities from Craiova, of the Romanian Academy, Romania;
E-mail: narcisa_mitu@yahoo.com

Published on December 20, 2021

Abstract
In this study I present a few commercial units owned by Jews and other foreigners, and those units in which they had legal status as counterpart or associate and how they developed their activity in Craiova, in the first three decades of the XXth century, the chronologic upper line being the world economic crisis (1929–1933). For this purpose I used the information found in archive funds as well as those
published in the Official Monitor in the above mentioned period. My object is to identify less popular merchants, reason for I left out those who stood out in the history as a significant presence in the social-economic dynamic of town: Samitca, Benvenusti, Eschenasy, Mendel, Baruch, Nachmanson, etc.

Keywords
Craiova, foreign merchants, the first three decades of the XXth century, individual firms, social firms

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