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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Frost, Dennis J., author.     Subjects     Paralympic Games -- History.     Sports for people with disabilities -- Japan -- History.     Athletes with disabilities -- Japan -- History.     Sports tournaments -- Japan -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Frost, Dennis J., author.       by title:      More than medals : a...         MARC Display

More than medals : a history of the Paralympics and disability sports in postwar Japan / Dennis J. Frost. by Frost, Dennis J., author. Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020. Subjects Paralympic Games -- History.   Sports for people with disabilities -- Japan -- History.   Athletes with disabilities -- Japan -- History.   Sports tournaments -- Japan -- History. ISBN:  9781501753084 (hardcover) 1501753088 (hardcover) Description:  xviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Exploring how sports have shaped perceptions of and approaches to disability in postwar Japan, this book examines five international sporting events held in Japan for athletes with disabilities: the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the 1998 Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Adult Nonfiction 796.0456 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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