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

In 1920, Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of New York's American Museum of Natural History, traveled to Hawaii on an anthropological research trip. While there, he took a surfing lesson. His teacher was Duke Kahanamoku, a famous surf-rider and budding movie star. For Osborn, a fervent eugenicis...

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Main Author:	Rossi, Michael (Historian of science) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Osborn, Henry Fairfield, > 1857-1935. Kahanamoku, Duke, > 1890-1968. American Museum of Natural History > History. Hawaiians > Anthropometry. Physical anthropology > United States > History. Racism in anthropology > United States > History. Eugenics > United States > History. Hawaii > Anthropometry.

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