More Than Medals : : A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan / / Dennis J. Frost.
How does a small provincial city in southern Japan become the site of a world-famous wheelchair marathon that has been attracting the best international athletes since 1981?In More than Medals, Dennis Frost answers this question and addresses the histories of individuals, institutions, and events—th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 6 charts |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Note from Author
- Introduction The Paralympic Movement in Japan: An Imperfect Success Story
- Chapter 1 Tokyo’s Other Games The Origins and Impact of the 1964 Paralympics
- Chapter 2 Lost Games The Far East and South Pacific (FESPIC) Games for the Disabled, 1975–2006
- Chapter 3 Japan’s “Cradle of Disability Sports” Ōita and the International Wheelchair Marathon, 1981
- Chapter 4 A Turning Point The 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano
- Chapter 5 Athletes First Preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games
- Coda The 2021 Problem
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index