Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete

by Ronald J. Berger

Book Overview

Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. The book, which grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society, situates the study in broader context with background on the history and sociology of disability and disability sports. It documents the development and evolution of the basketball program and tells the individual life stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415965098
• ISBN13: 9780415965095
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"