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? This book answers the question and addresses the histories of individuals, institutions, and events - the 1964 Paralympics, th...
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| Superior document: | Cornell scholarship online |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell scholarship online.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2020. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : The Paralympic Movement in Japan : An Imperfect Success Story -- Tokyo's Other Games : The Origins and Impact of the 1964 Paralympics -- Lost Games : The Far East and South Pacific (FESPIC) Games for the Disabled, 1975-2006 -- Japan's "Cradle of Disability Sports" : Ōita and the International Wheelchair Marathon, 1981- -- A Turning Point : The 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano -- Athletes First: Preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games -- Coda : The 2021 Problem. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a 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? This book answers the question and addresses the histories of individuals, institutions, and events - the 1964 Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games that played important roles in the development of disability sports in Japan. | |
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