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Author Havens, Thomas R. H., author.

Title Marathon Japan : distance racing and civic culture / Thomas R.H. Havens
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 227 pages : illustrations
Contents The culture of running in Japan -- Racing to catch up -- A galaxy of distance runners -- Distance running as a commodity -- "Greater depth, more women": marathons and ekidens in the 1990s -- From peak to plateau: elite runners in the 2000s -- Running for everyone
Summary Japanese have been fervid long-distance runners for many centuries. 'Marathon Japan' is a comprehensive English-language chronicle of the history of this important part of Japanese sports culture. It traces the development of distance racing beginning with the Stockholm Olympics of 1912, when the Japanese government used athletics as a means of winning the respect of Western countries and achieving parity with the world powers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Marathon running -- Japan -- History
Relay racing -- Japan -- History
Sports and state -- Japan
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
Marathon running.
Relay racing.
Sports and state.
Japan.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780824854133
0824854136
0824869087
9780824869083