Economics of Forced Labor The Soviet Gulag

Name: Economics of Forced Labor The Soviet Gulag
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ISBN: 9780817939427

ISBN-10: 0817939423

ISBN-13: 9780817939427

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul R. Gregory, Valery Lazarev, V. V. Lazarev, V. V. Lazarev

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The authors provide both broad overviews and specific case studies as they examineThe various forms of coercion and the channels through which coerced labor was distributed under Stalinism's heyday, from the late 1930s to the early 1950sWhy the Gulag emerged and its perceived economic rationaleThe chronology of the Gulag from the first major projects—such as the White Sea–Baltic Canal—to the unfinished plans of the 1950sThe day-to-day costs of maintaining the Gulag and the great hidden cost of coercion—the loss of productivityHow the Soviet leadership desperately sought to find the right balance between extreme coercion and extreme material incentives for the labor force—and how material…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Publication date: 10/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Eugenia Belovais Senior Content Developer, Economics, Cengage Learning.Valery Lazarevis Senior Research Scientist, Empirical Education.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Contributors



An Introduction to the Economics of the Gulag




Forced Labor in Soviet Industry: The End of the 1930s to the Mid-1950s: An Overview




The Economy of the OGPU, NKVD, and MVD of the USSR, 1930-1953: The Scale, Structure, and Trends of Development




The End of the Gulag




Coercion versus Motivation: Forced Labor in Norilsk




Magadan and the Economic History of Dalstroi in the 1930s




Building Norilsk




The White Sea-Baltic Canal




The Gulag in Karelia: 1929 to 1941




Conclusions



List of Acronyms


Index