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Capturing Kahanamoku: how a surfing legend and a scientific obsession redefined race and culture

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Rossi, Michael (Historian of science)

Language

English

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American Museum of Natural History -- History
Anthropometry
Biographies
Eugenics
Eugenics -- United States -- History
Hawaii -- Anthropometry
Hawaiians
Hawaiians -- Anthropometry
History
Kahanamoku, Duke
Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968
Osborn, Henry Fairfield
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935
Physical anthropology
Physical anthropology -- United States -- History
Racism in anthropology
Racism in anthropology -- United States -- History

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9780063279971

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