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Investment and Capital Stock in the USSR, 1928β1940: Soviet and Western Estimates. Birmingham: Centre for Russian and East European Studies, 1982.
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Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, Volume 1: The Socialist Offensive: The Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture, 1929β1930. Cambridge, MA:
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Defence Industries During the First Five-Year Plan: Supplement. Birmingham: Centre for Russian and East European Studies, 1987.
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The Socialist Market: A Debate in Soviet Industry, 1932-33. Birmingham: Centre for Russian and East European Studies, 1982.
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