Multinationals in the Grain Trade: The Louis Dreyfus Company at the Lower Danube, 1889–1948

Cristian Constantin

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2024, vol. 26, issue 1, 41-62

Abstract: The story of the grain export company founded by Léopold Louis-Dreyfus is perhaps as compelling as that of the 17th century East and West Indian state companies. The French trader’s adventure seems not to have the denouement of Thomas Mann’s novel Buddenbrooks: Decline of a Family (Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie). This article brings to light the organizational capacity and network of the Louis Dreyfus trading house in the Lower Danube throughout its existence, as well as the international context in which the Romanian branch was liquidated. The production of this material is mainly based on the use of archival documents from Brăila (the Romanian headquarters of the company’s operations), Bucharest and Paris.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2023.2233281

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