Aivaras Poška
Biographic Data
| ID | 6210499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aivaras Poška |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aivaras |
| FAMILY NAME | Poška |
| SIGNATURE | POSKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vilnius University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-7763-9664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Performing the border
Scholars of borders and boundary-making have long emphasized that frontiers are not inert lines on maps but historically contingent, socially produced, and continually negotiated spaces. This article revisits the late eighteenth-century frontier between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and Prussia to examine how sovereignty was enacted and contested through customs enforcement and smuggling. We distinguish boundary (a legal framework) from bord…
Smuggling in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania–Kingdom of Prussia borderland at the end of the eighteenth century
Using a surviving set of monthly confiscation reports covering the period between August 1793 and March 1794 (23 cases in total), this article examines smuggling in the territory subordinated to the Palanga customs on the Lithuanian-Prussian border. The article aims to reveal the patterns of smugglers’ behavior, the characteristics of individuals involved in contraband, as well as the state’s response to these illegal economic activities. In addi…
Methodological Perspectives on Smuggling
The Organization of Trade in Nemunas from the Riverhead ports of the Radziwiłł and Sapieha families in the 1760s and 1770s
This study concerns the transportation of goods and raw materials through the Nemunas River to the Baltic Sea ports in the second half of the 18th century. The main goal of this paper is to analyse how two different methods of goods transportation (shipment of goods by river vessels and by timber rafts) were organized and to determine how their economic models functioned in practice. This research relies on the data of Income-Expenditure register…
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The Organization of Trade in Nemunas from the Riverhead ports of the Radziwiłł and Sapieha families in the 1760s and 1770s
This study concerns the transportation of goods and raw materials through the Nemunas River to the Baltic Sea ports in the second half of the 18th century. The main goal of this paper is to analyse how two different methods of goods transportation (shipment of goods by river vessels and by timber rafts) were organized and to determine how their economic models functioned in practice. This research relies on the data of Income-Expenditure register…
Methodological Perspectives on Smuggling
Smuggling in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania–Kingdom of Prussia borderland at the end of the eighteenth century
Using a surviving set of monthly confiscation reports covering the period between August 1793 and March 1794 (23 cases in total), this article examines smuggling in the territory subordinated to the Palanga customs on the Lithuanian-Prussian border. The article aims to reveal the patterns of smugglers’ behavior, the characteristics of individuals involved in contraband, as well as the state’s response to these illegal economic activities. In addi…
Performing the border
Scholars of borders and boundary-making have long emphasized that frontiers are not inert lines on maps but historically contingent, socially produced, and continually negotiated spaces. This article revisits the late eighteenth-century frontier between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and Prussia to examine how sovereignty was enacted and contested through customs enforcement and smuggling. We distinguish boundary (a legal framework) from bord…
Ancient history (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Treasury (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Boundary (topology (1 works) · Boundary line (1 works) · Business (1 works)