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Rugby Union and Globalization An Odd-Shaped World

Rugby Union and Globalization An Odd-Shaped World

Description

In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.

Keywords

Social ScienceSociologyRegional StudiesSports & RecreationEducationAnthropologyCultural & SocialCultural & Social Aspects

2010Book

Author(s)John Harris

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230229310

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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