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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCannon, John, 1967- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie Severnogo morskogo puti.

Russia, Northern--History.

Russia, Northern.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--Soviet.

Arctic regions.

Soviet Union--Territorial expansion.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.

Local Subjects:

Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie Severnogo morskogo puti.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Other Title:

Polar exploration and the myth of the north in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliography: p212-225. _ Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages211-225) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197715758

0197715753

9781280454011

1280454016

9781423741138

1423741137

9780195354201

0195354206

9781602561991

1602561990

OCLC:

475957003

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03981 hdl