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Brewster, Adolf Brewster, 1854-1937 (anthropologist)

 Person

Biography

Adolf Brewster Brewster, anthropologist, author of The hill tribes of Fiji (London, 1922) and King of the Cannibal Isles: a tale of early life and adventure in the Fiji islands (London, 1937).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

George Kingsley Roth and Adolf Brewster Brewster: Papers on Fiji

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8780
Scope and Contents The collection comprises G.K. Roth's subject files on Fijian affairs, culture, history, sociology and administration. Some of the material is in Fijian. The subject files have been recorded as found [i.e. transcribed directly from the covers of the files]. The terms 'native', 'natives' and 'native administration', as used by Roth in his capacity as a colonial administrator to refer to Fijian people and the structure of colonial government, have been retained in their original context....
Dates: 1870-1957 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).