(Text Page to) Die Polargebiete : Die Auftleilung der Arktis -- Die Auftleilung der Antarktis.

• Main Author: Radó, Sándor, 1899-1981
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Verlag für Literatur und Politik 1930
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarktis*; Arktis; Arktis*
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Descriptive text accompanying two maps of the same titles, on facing page. Titles translate to: The polar regions : The division of the Arctic -- The division of the Antarctic. Alex Radó's political world atlas, Atlas für politik Wirtschaft Arbeiterbewegung, published in Vienna in 1930. Title translates to: Atlas for politics economy labor movement. Bound in green board, with bold graphic design (as continues throughout volume in maps utilizing striking iconography). Collation: 168 pages. Contains 120 individual maps, some of which appear together as sets on single pages. Includes a table of contents and an index, as well as a preface by Fedor Aronovich Rotshtein. Each map (or map set) is accompanied by descriptive text on facing page. Atlas divided into six sections, with the following titles (translated from German): [1] Stages of imperialism, [2] The great powers of the present, [3] The goals of imperialism, [4] The struggle for dominance of the seas, [5] Individual problems of imperialism, and [6] Nationality and Economic Issues. Many of the maps show the geographical reach of imperialist nations - such as the British Empire, the United States and the Soviet Union - delineating their colonies, and areas of influence and interest. Maps trace shifting international boundaries, comparing political powers before and after World War I (1914-1918). Maps also focus on the economies and nationalities of residents within countries around the world. In addition to illustrating the powerful, atlas also displays populations struggling against oppression, as featured in the two final maps: Die Unterdrückten Völker der Welt [=The oppressed peoples of the world] -- Nationale Minderheiten in Europa [National minorities in Europe]. Alexander (Sandor) Radó played a leading role in Soviet Bloc mapping programs, collecting geographic intelligence on the West. For instance, as chief of the Swiss-based "Rote Drei”, Radó supplied Moscow with detailed information on the German order of battle, from 1941 to 1943. Radó was born in ...