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Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world / John Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, John, 1972-
- Series:
- Global culture and sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rugby Union football.
- Rugby Union football--Sociological aspects.
- Sports and globalization.
- Nationalism and sports.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 168 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction
- Where and Why Rugby Matters
- The Rugby World Cup
- Power Shifts: From League to Union
- The Rugby Player as Celebrity
- Player Migration in the Professional Age
- The Migration of Coaches in Rugby Union
- Passports of Convenience
- The Lions Roar
- Flattening the Rugby World.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230229310
- 023022931X
- 9780230578197
- 0230578195
- OCLC:
- 613433907
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