Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939 by McCannon, John

Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195114362)

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Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939 by McCannon, John

Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939

$215.00
Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939 by McCannon, John

Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union,1932-1939

$215.00
Format: Hardcover
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A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, Red Arctic tells the story of Stalinist Russia's massive campaign to explore and develop its Northern territories during the 1930s. Author John McCannon recounts the dramatic stories of the polar expeditions--conducted by foot, ship, and plane--that were the pride of Stalinist Russia, in order to expose the reality behind them: chaotic blunders, bureaucratic competition, and the eventual rise of the Gulag as the dominant force in the North. Red Arctic also traces the development of the polar-based popular culture of the decade, making use of memoirs, films, radio broadcasts, children's books, and cultural ephemera ranging from placards to postage stamps to show how Russia's "Arctic Myth" became an integral part of the overall socialist-realist aesthetic that animated Stalinist culture throughout the 1930s.

Author: John McCannon
ISBN-10: 0195114361
ISBN-13: 9780195114362
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/09/1998
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.28w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 05/17/1998 pg. 41
By John McCannon
By John McCannon
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John McCannon is Assistant Professor of History at Norwich University.

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