The Economics of Soviet Steel / M. Gardner Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, M. Gardner, author.

Series:

Russian Research Center Studies

Russian Research Center Studies ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steel industry and trade--Soviet Union.

Local Subjects:

Steel industry and trade--Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.): 1 Kte

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

MAP, CHARTS, AND TABLES

Foreword

Introduction

Part One. PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT

Production

The Cost-Price Structure and Subsidization

The Rate of Investment

Part Two. PROBLEMS OF SPECIALIZATION AND SCALE

The Scale of Open-Hearth and Blast Furnaces

Specialization of Rolling Mills and Size of Steel Plants

The Effects of Specialization and Large Scale of Plants upon the Volume of Transportation

Part Three. LOCATION AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

Minor Factors Affecting the Location of the Iron and Steel Industry

The Effects of Coking Coal Supplies on Location and Development

The Influence of Iron Ore Supplies on Location and Development

The Influence of Scrap Supply on Location and Development

The Locational Pull of Consumer Markets

The Role of Transportation in Location

Considerations of Military Defense Affecting Location

The Resulting Locational Pattern

Part Four. PRODUCTIVITY

The Productivity of Iron and Steel Furnaces

Summary and Conclusions

APPENDIX A. Organization of the Iron and Steel Industry

APPENDIX B. Alphabetical List of Soviet Iron and Steel Plants with Their Main Characteristics

APPENDIX C. The Development of Special Branches of the Soviet Iron and Steel Industry

APPENDIX D. The Steel Consumed by the Munitions Industries

APPENDIX E. New and Reconstructed Soviet Blast Furnaces Blown In, 1924-1948

APPENDIX F. Production of Pig Iron, Steel, and Rolled Products, 1940-1954

APPENDIX G. A Test of the Reliability of Soviet Statistics

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-49426-1

OCLC:

1013960804