Capturing Kahanamoku : how a surfing legend and a scientific obsession redefined race and culture
(Audiobook MP3-CD)

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Author
Rossi, Michael (Historian of science),
Contributors
Griffith, Kaleo, narrator.
Published
[New York] : HarperCollins, [2025].
Format
Audiobook MP3-CD
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9798228477919
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (10 hr.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
On Shelf
1 copies.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
American Museum of Natural History -- History.
Audiobooks.
Eugenics -- United States -- History.
Hawaii -- Anthropometry.
Hawaiians -- Anthropometry.
Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968.
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935.
Physical anthropology -- United States -- History.
Racism in anthropology -- United States -- History.
Bisac Subjects
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Native American & Aboriginal.
History / United States / 20th Century.
Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Other Subjects
Anthropologie physique -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Eugénisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Hawaii -- Anthropométrie.
Racisme en anthropologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.

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Language
English

Notes

General Note
MP3 format compact disc. Will only play on CD players adapted for MP3 format.
Participants/Performers
Read by Kaleo Griffith.
Description
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 eugenicist, Kahanamoku was a maddening paradox: physically "perfect," yet belonging to an "imperfect" race. Osborn dispatched young scientist Louis Sullivan to Honolulu to measure, photograph, and cast in plaster Kahanamoku and other Hawaiian people. The study touched off a series of events that forever changed how we think about race, culture, science, and the essence of humanity.
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System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rossi, M. (. o. s., & Griffith, K. (2025). Capturing Kahanamoku: how a surfing legend and a scientific obsession redefined race and culture (Unabridged.). HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rossi, Michael (Historian of science) and Kaleo, Griffith. 2025. Capturing Kahanamoku: How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture. [New York]: HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rossi, Michael (Historian of science) and Kaleo, Griffith. Capturing Kahanamoku: How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture [New York]: HarperCollins, 2025.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Rossi, M. (. o. s. and Griffith, K. (2025). Capturing kahanamoku: how a surfing legend and a scientific obsession redefined race and culture. Unabridged. [New York]: HarperCollins.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rossi, Michael (Historian of science),, and Kaleo Griffith. Capturing Kahanamoku: How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture Unabridged., HarperCollins, 2025.

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