The Economics of Soviet Steel / / M. Gardner Clark.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Clark, M. Gardner,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1956
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Russian Research Center Studies ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 2 charts, 1 map, 51 tables
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674494268; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674494268
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: M. Gardner Clark.