Soviet Steel : The Challenge of Industrial Modernization in the USSR / Boris Rumer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rumer, Boris, Author.

Series:

Studies in Soviet History and Society Series

Studies in Soviet history and society

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.) : 1 map, 30 tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As the Soviet Union embarks upon a bold program of economic and political restructuring, the steel industry is the key to the thoroughgoing industrial modernization that is essential to the success of perestroika. This book, the first devoted entirely to Soviet steel, subjects this crucial sector of the nation's economy to meticulous scrutiny and analysis.Boris Rumer highlights the contradictions and imbalances underlying the contemporary crisis in the Soviet economy to examine its weaknesses and to identify the difficult problems that policymakers face. Drawing on a broad base of technical, economic, and statistical data, Rumer appraises the challenges—constant metal shortages, inadequate utilization of productive capacity, an uneasy relationship between metallurgy and the construction of machinery, and the invention and introduction of new technologies. Using iron ore production as an example, he discusses the extractive spheres of the economy as well as the causes and consequences of the traditional Soviet search for self-sufficiency in raw materials.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Dynamics and Peculiarities of Steel Consumption in the USSR

2 Qualitative Achievements of Soviet Steel Production

3 Soviet Steel Plants: Major Descriptive Features

4 Capacity Utilization

5 Iron-Ore Resources and Their Utilization

6 Investment

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3894-1

OCLC:

1178768836