THIS is the second volume of an empirical study of the relationship between Western technology and entrepreneurship and the economic growth of the Soviet Union. The continuing transfer of skills and technology to the Soviet Union through the medium of foreign firms and engineers in the period 1930 to 1945 can only be characterized as extraordinary. A thorough and systematic search unearthed only two major items--SK-B synthetic rubber and the Ramzin 'once-through' boiler--and little more than a handful of lesser designs ...
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THIS is the second volume of an empirical study of the relationship between Western technology and entrepreneurship and the economic growth of the Soviet Union. The continuing transfer of skills and technology to the Soviet Union through the medium of foreign firms and engineers in the period 1930 to 1945 can only be characterized as extraordinary. A thorough and systematic search unearthed only two major items--SK-B synthetic rubber and the Ramzin 'once-through' boiler--and little more than a handful of lesser designs (several aircraft, a machine gun, and a motorless combine) which could accurately be called the result of Soviet technology; the balance was transferred from the West.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 900grams, ISBN: 0817919015.
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0817919015.
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Very Good. 0817919015. "An empirical study of the relationship between Western technology and entrepreneurship and the economic growth of the Soviet Union. The continuing transfer of skills and technology to the Soviet Union through the medium of foreign firms and engineers in this period can only be characterized as extraordinary. A thorough and systematic search unearthed only two major items which could be called the result of Soviet technology; the balance was transferred from the West."-Preface. "Antony Sutton (1925-2002) was an economics professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and had a research fellowship at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace from 1968 to 1973."-Wikipedia. xxiv, 401 pages. Bibliography. Index. Tables. Figures. Glossary. Foldout illustration. Second volume of a three-volume series. This copy a 1985 third printing of the 1971 first edition. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Distributor rubber stamp on title page and blank page at back, otherwise clean, bright, tight and unmarked. A quality copy.; Sm 4to.