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The Generation of Power: The History of Dneprostroi - Hardcover

Rassweiler, Anne D.

 
9780195051667: The Generation of Power: The History of Dneprostroi
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195051661 ISBN 13: 9780195051667
Publisher: OUP USA, 1989

Synopsis

Dneprostroi, a dam and power plant that was one of the most monumental construction projects of the Bolshevik's First Five Year Plan, was a milestone in American-Soviet co-operation. As the largest earth dam in Europe in the 1930s, it represented the first of the giant projects so favoured by Stalin. Anne Rassweiler's informative history of this project reveals new aspects of the struggle between Trotsky and Stalin, the debate on the use of foreign technology, and the effects of collectivization on the industrial projects of the First Five Year Plan. Her study also provides insight into the entry of women into the industrial work force and interaction between party leaders, party membership, and enterprise officials as they sought to realize one of the most ambitious projects in Soviet history.

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Review

'an important case study, which one will enjoy reading' Hiroaki Kuromiya, King's College, Cambridge. Soviet Studies

'a fascinating analytical history of this project ... Altogether a fascinating study.' Alastair McAuley, Department of Economics, University of Essex, Slavonic Review

Synopsis

Dneprostroi, a dam and power plant that was one of the most monumental construction projects of the Bolshevik's First Five Year Plan, was a milestone in American-Soviet co-operation. As the largest earth dam in Europe in the 1930s, it represented the first of the giant projects so favoured by Stalin. Anne Rassweiler's informative history of this project reveals new aspects of the struggle between Trotsky and Stalin, the debate on the use of foreign technology, and the effects of collectivization on the industrial projects of the First Five Year Plan. Her study also provides insight into the entry of women into the industrial work force and interaction between party leaders, party membership, and enterprise officials as they sought to realize one of the most ambitious projects in Soviet history.

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195051661
ISBN 13 
9780195051667
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
262