Keneti : South Seas adventures of Kenneth Emory

Keneti : South Seas adventures of Kenneth Emory /

"Kenneth Emory, pioneer anthropologist of the Pacific, sailed with Jack London, worked with Margaret Mead, and encouraged a youthful Jacques Cousteau. . . Natives of South Sea Islands took him into their homes and called him 'Keneti'. . . This biography describes . . . [his] expeditio...

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Main Author: Krauss, Bob
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1988.
Series:Kolowalu book
Subjects:
Emory, Kenneth P., > 1897-1992 > Homes and haunts > Oceania.
Emory, Kenneth Pike, > 1897- > Homes and haunts > Oceania.
Emory, Kenneth P., > 1897-1992
Emory, Kenneth P., > 1897-
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Anthropologists.
Homes.
Travel.
Oceania > Description and travel.
Océanie > Descriptions et voyages.
Oceania.
United States.
Biographies.
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Summary:"Kenneth Emory, pioneer anthropologist of the Pacific, sailed with Jack London, worked with Margaret Mead, and encouraged a youthful Jacques Cousteau. . . Natives of South Sea Islands took him into their homes and called him 'Keneti'. . . This biography describes . . . [his] expeditions for the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, eight of which are recounted here from his own memory and from his unpublished journal."--jacket.
Item Description:Maps on lining paper.
Includes index.
Physical Description:ix, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0824811534
9780824811532

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