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" The explorer's roadmap to national-socialism : "
Sarah K. Danielsson
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589435
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GBB1D9942b418654
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Danielsson, Sarah Kristina
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The explorer's roadmap to national-socialism : : Sven Hedin, geography and the path to genocide /\ Sarah K. Danielsson
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vi, 304 pages ;; 24 cm
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9781409432128
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: 1409432122
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: 9781409432135
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: 1409432130
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-293) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: at the heart of the matter: the politics of science -- Part I. From geographer to political activist, 1880-1933: Geographical knowledge is world power: Sven Hedin's rise to fame and influence, 1885-1903; the ideological conviction of a germanic nationalist: Hedin the agitator, 1904-1913; at the front lines of the great war: defending the Germanic cause, 1914-1918; "there is a cancer in the middle of Europe": Hedin's national-socialist blue-print, 1919-1934 -- Part II. The Nazi years and the aftermath, 1934-1952: The hour of retribution has struck: the fateful years, 1935-1938; on a mission in Berlin: plans for the East and the move towards genocide, 1939-1941; the truest friend of the Third Reich: justifying genocide, 1942-1945; the final years: Sven Hedin, Apologia pro vita sua -- Conclusion: the politics of science: in defense of the indefensible
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Hedin, Sven Anders,1865-1952-- Political activity
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Explorers-- Sweden, Biography
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National socialism and intellectuals
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National socialism and science
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Geopolitics-- Germany-- History
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320.53/3092B
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G306.H4D36 2012
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