National borders and economic disintegration in modern East Central Europe

Borders and border regions are one of the most remarkable aspects of 19th century European nation-building. Yet, unfortunately, they have been one of the more neglected fields of research, especially in economic history. Old and new borders had particular importance in the ethnic mix of post-1918 East Central Europe, during the era of nation state-building, especially in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Baltic States.