Book
Russia's Soviet economy
Prentice-Hall Inc. • New York • Published In 1954 • Pages:
By: Schwartz, Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work deals with the development and expansion of the economy of the Soviet Union under communist administration. Emphasis is placed upon the national economic plans under Stalin, and the extent to which production goals were met. Other topics covered include: the expansion of domestic and foreign trade; the increased exploitation of land and mineral resources; the availability of and restrictions upon labor supply; government organization and regulation of industry; and the historical background of agriculture and its position in the Soviet economy. The author devotes a chapter to evaluate of Russia's past achievements and to speculate on future developments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mineral resources
- Cultural goals
- Mining and quarrying
- Iron and steel industry
- Nonferrous metal industries
- Exchange and transfers
- Foreign exchange
- Business and industrial organization
- Advisers to the chief executive
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Russians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- June Orloff ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1913-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Soviet Union
- NotesAdditional notes
- Harry Schwartz
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54011932
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1917-1945