Marathon Japan : : Distance Racing and Civic Culture /

Marathon Japan : : Distance Racing and Civic Culture / / Thomas R. H. Havens.

Japanese have been fervid long-distance runners for many centuries. Today, on a per capita basis, at least as many Japanese residents complete marathons each year as in the United States or any other country. Marathon Japan is the first comprehensive English-language chronicle of the history of this...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Havens, Thomas R. H.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 19 b&w images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Culture of Running in Japan
  • 2. Racing to Catch Up
  • 3. A Galaxy of Distance Runners
  • 4. Distance Running as a Commodity
  • 5. "Greater Depth, More Women": Marathons and Ekidens in the 1990s
  • 6. From Peak to Plateau: Elite Runners in the 2000s
  • 7. Running for Everyone
  • Afterword: Marathon Japan
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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