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

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• 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

Table of 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