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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458516303321

Autore

Rassweiler Anne Dickason

Titolo

The generation of power : the history of Dneprostroi / / Anne D. Rassweiler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-280-44014-7

9786610440146

1-4237-6375-0

0-19-536402-3

1-60129-675-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/4

Soggetti

Hydroelectric power plants - Dnieper River - Design and construction - History

Earth dams - Dnieper River - Design and construction - History

Electronic books.

Dnieper River Valley Histor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.