Elsdon Best

This volume is dedicated to the New Zealander ethnographer Elsdon Best (1856-1931) who is a key figure in the history of anthropology due to his involuntary triggering of a fundamental and long-lasting anthropological debate on the M¿ori concept of hau.

About the author

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has published several books including Best of Both Worlds (Penguin, 2010), a memoir, and several collections of poetry. His most recent publication is Lily, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi Ghost (Canterbury University Press, 2025).

Product details

• Authors: Frederico Delgado Rosa, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa Delgado Rosa Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa Rosa Holman, Holman Jeffrey Paparoa, Frederico Delgado Rosa
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2025
• EAN: 9781805399001
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-900-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Anthropology's Ancestors
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Relating to Maori people, Anthropology (General); Theory and Methodology