Henryk Szlajfer offers, against the background of developments in Latin America (mainly Brazil) and Central Europe (mainly Poland) in times of first globalization from late 19th century until late 1930s, a reinterpretation of economic nationalism both as an analytical category and historical experience. Critically explored are attempts at proto-economic nationalism in early 19th century Poland and Latin America.
Henryk Szlajfer is Professor Emeritus at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University. His publications include Economic Nationalism and Globalization: Lessons from Latin America and Central Europe (Brill, 2012) and Jews and New Christians in the Making of the Atlantic World in the 16th–17th Centuries (Brill, 2023). He co-edited Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th–18th Centuries: Collection of Essays of Marian Małowist (Brill, 2010).