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The generation of power : the history of Dneprostroi / Anne D. Rassweiler
- Author
- Rassweiler, Anne Dickason
- Published
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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- Contents
- Introduction; 1. "Electrification Is the Second Party Plan"; 2. The Decision; 3. Management Policy; 4. The Labor Force and Labor Policy; 5. The Expansion of the Work Force; 6. Production and Productivity; 7. Building Socialism; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
- Summary
- This study describes the planning, development and construction of Dneprostroi, a dam and power plant that was one of the largest construction projects of the Bolshevik's first Five Year Plan. The text explains how the project became a milestone in American-Soviet co-operation.
- Subject(s)
- Dneprostroĭ (Organization : Soviet Union)
- Dniprohes imeni V.I. Lenina—History
- Dniprohes imeni V.I. Lenina
- Hydroelectric power plants—Dnieper River—Design and construction—History
- Earth dams—Dnieper River—Design and construction—History
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Real Estate—General
- Earth dams—Design and construction
- Hydroelectric power plants—Design and construction
- Dnieper River Valley—History
- Dniepr, Vallée du—Histoire
- Europe—Dnieper River
- Europe—Dnieper River Valley
- Other Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 1423763750 (electronic bk.)
9781423763758 (electronic bk.)
1601296754
9781601296757
1280440147
9781280440144 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
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