|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910823181203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Fosse Marit |
|
|
Titolo |
Nansen : explorer and humanitarian / / Marit Fosse and John Fox |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2016 |
|
©2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (154 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Explorers - Norway |
Biographies. |
Biography |
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Biography |
Arctic Regions |
Asia Armenia |
Norway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Nansen the Explorer; Early Days; The Crossing of Greenland; The Voyage of the Fram; The Dash for the Pole; Norway Finds a Hero; Notes; 2 Nansen the Diplomat; A New Role; A Trip to Russia and the USA; Nansen and the League of Nations; The Sequel to the War; Setting Up the League of Nations; Sowing the Seeds of Future Problems; Notes; 3 The Prisoners-of-War in Siberia; Getting to Grips with the Problem; Nansen as High Commissioner; Nansen Accepts; Getting the Prisoners Home; Where Were the Prisoners Located?; Financial Matters; Progress at Last; Nansenhilfe |
SuccessWho Gets the Credit?; Notes; 4 The Russian Revolution and Its Aftermath; Discontent in Russia; Famine in Russia; The Search for Funds; The League Fails to Act; Lessons Learned; Once More, Nansen Intervenes; Work Begins on the Refugee Crisis; How Many Refugees?; Notes; 5 Massacres and Treaties in Asia Minor; The Treaty of Sèvres; The Establishment of the Mandates System; Kurdistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Syria; The Fate of the Armenians; Resettling the Armenians; The Commission of Inquiry; Nansen and the Armenians; Notes; 6 Trouble in |
|
|
|
|