Red Arctic : polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939 / / John McCannon

• Autore: McCannon John <1967->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 914.704842; 919.804; 947
• Soggetto geografico: Russia, Northern History; Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Soviet; Soviet Union Territorial expansion; Soviet Union History 1925-1953
• Note generali: Bibliography: p212-225. _ Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages211-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; A Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Footholds in the North: The Russians in the Arctic, 1500-1932; TWO: The Commissariat of Ice: The Rise of Glavsevmorput, 1932-1936; THREE: Days of Glory: The Major Expeditions, 1932-1939; FOUR: From Victory To Victory: The Myth of the Arctic in Soviet Culture; FIVE: Between Rhetoric and Reality: Manufacturing the Arctic Myth; SIX: Polestar Descending: Glavsevmorput In Decline, 1936-1939; CONCLUSION; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text explores Stalinist Russia's campaign to develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. The author exposes the reality behind the polar expeditions, and traces the development of the polar-based popular culture of the decade.
• Altri titoli varianti: Polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939
• Titolo autorizzato: Red Arctic
• ISBN: 0-19-771575-3; 1-280-45401-6; 1-4237-4113-7; 0-19-535420-6; 1-60256-199-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247949903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.